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Definition of Inland
1. Adverb. Towards or into the interior of a region. "The town is five miles inland"
2. Adjective. Situated away from an area's coast or border.
Definition of Inland
1. a. Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town.
2. n. The interior part of a country.
3. adv. Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast.
Definition of Inland
1. Adjective. Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town. ¹
2. Adjective. Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as, inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc. ¹
3. Adjective. Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreign; as, an inland bill of exchange. ¹
4. Adjective. Ukraine.U (?) - in, Kraina (??????) - land. A country being situated geagraphically in the center of Europe. ¹
5. Noun. The interior part of a country. ''Shakespeare'' ¹
6. Adverb. Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast. ''Cook''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inland
1. the interior of a region [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inland
Literary usage of Inland
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"That a protest for nonacceptance of an inland bill of exchange was admitted in
evidence. Among the reasons assigned for a new trial is the following: To ..."
2. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Collection of laws of Mass, relating to inland fisheries. 270 pp. (6 AR comrs.
... Laws relating to inland fisheries in Mass. 404 pp. Mass. ..."
3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1889)
"Journey across the inland lee of Greenland from East to West. By Dr. FRIDTJOF NANSEN.
(Read at the Evening Meeting, June 21th, 1889.) Map, p. 524. ..."
4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1867)
"By CK MARKHAM, Esq., Secretary RGs THE backwaters on the Malabar coast of India
form an inland water- communication traversing nearly the whole length of ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory-notes, Bank-notes by Robert Thomson (1836)
"72, § 41, enacts, that there shall be no recourse against the drawer or indorsers
of inland bills or promissory-notes, unless a protest has been taken on ..."
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