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Word entry · 6 letters

inland

Best crossword clue

"Away from shore"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɪnlənd/Part of speech adverb, adjectiveSorted adilnnStarts with IEnds with D1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. towards or into the interior of a region

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • an inland town
  • In this wide Inland ſea, that hight by name / The Idle lake, my wandring ſhip I row, […]
  • So doth the greater glory dim the less: A substitute shines brightly as a king Unto the king be by, and then his state Empties itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main of waters.

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