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landfall |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Landfall \Land"fall\, n. 1. A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner. 2. (Naut.) Sighting or making land when at sea. {A good landfall} (Naut.), the sighting of land in conformity with the navigator's reckoning and expectation. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: landfall n 1: the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water) 2: the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water) From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Landfall, MN (city, FIPS 35414) Location: 44.95010 N, 92.97745 W Population (1990): 685 (314 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
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