inland

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   towards or into the interior of a region

   the town is five miles inland

2. 2
   adj

   situated away from an area's coast or border

   The road turned inland before it reached the coast.

Common collocations

• inland bill Adjective + noun

From Middle English inland, inlond, from Old English inland, equivalent to in- + land. Compare West Frisian ynlân (“inland”), German Inland (“inland”), Danish indland (“inland”), Swedish inland (“inland”), Norwegian innland (“inland”). Compare also Dutch binnenland.

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