1
: of or relating to the interior of a country
2
chiefly British
: not foreign : domestic
: the interior part of a country
: into or toward the interior
Examples of inland in a Sentence
Adverb
They traveled inland from the sea.
They live inland about three miles.
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
Temperatures will climb so high that there is the possibility of a heat advisory or warning for the inland and desert areas on Friday, said Pittell.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Collectively, the three storms could drop more than 1.5 inches of precipitation at the coast, twice as much inland, and 2 to 4 inches of snow above the 4,000-foot level, mostly on Thursday, when temperatures will be about 10 degrees below average throughout much of the region.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 30 May 2025
This analysis revealed Maka Lahi had been washed inland at least 6,891 years ago—nearly 4,000 years before humans first arrived on Tonga.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
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Adjective
The National Weather Service (NWS) issued extreme heat watches and advisories for the Central Valley, Sacramento Valley, Sierra foothills and other inland areas.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
Temperatures will climb so high that there is the possibility of a heat advisory or warning for the inland and desert areas on Friday, said Pittell.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
Noun
Sanlúcar and Santa María are on the Atlantic Coast, and Jerez is half an hour inland.
—Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Collectively, the three storms could drop more than 1.5 inches of precipitation at the coast, twice as much inland, and 2 to 4 inches of snow above the 4,000-foot level, mostly on Thursday, when temperatures will be about 10 degrees below average throughout much of the region.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
Adverb
Private jets can land in nearby Koggala (offering a visit to Lake Koggala, one of the country’s largest bodies of water) or farther inland at the international airport in Mattala.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 30 May 2025
This analysis revealed Maka Lahi had been washed inland at least 6,891 years ago—nearly 4,000 years before humans first arrived on Tonga.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
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“Inland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inland. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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inland
1 of 3 adjective
in·land
ˈin-ˌland 
-lənd
: of or relating to the part of a country away from the coast or boundaries
inland
2 of 3 noun
: the part of a country away from the coast or boundaries : interior
inlander
noun
-ˌlan-dər
-lən-
inland
3 of 3 adverb
: into or toward the area away from a coast
traveled inland
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