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noun the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula
originFrom Middle English mayne londe; equivalent to main + land. Compare Scots mayn-land, magan-land, madin-land (“mainland”), Faroese meginland (“mainland”), Icelandic meginland (“mainland”).
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