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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mainland  \Main"land`\,  n. 
  The  continent;  the  principal  land;  --  opposed  to  {island},  or 
  {peninsula}.  --Dryden. 
 
  After  the  two  wayfarers  had  crossed  from  the  peninsula 
  to  the  mainland.  --Hawthorne. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mainland 
  n  :  the  main  land  mass  of  a  country  or  continent;  as 
  distinguished  from  an  island  or  peninsula 




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