mainland
noun
main·land
ˈmān-ˌland 
-lənd
: a continent or the main part of a continent as distinguished from an offshore island or sometimes from a cape or peninsula
Examples of mainland in a Sentence
the boat back to the mainland leaves once every two days
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Given how much Hong Kongers and mainland Chinese bet their money on the city’s real estate market, that kind of depreciation will likely show up in other sectors that the wealthy invest.
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Ilaria Maria Sala, ARTnews.com, 24 Mar. 2025
While Hong Kong’s unemployment rate has hovered for years around a more encouraging 3 percent, the city is far more sensitive to external shocks and global headwinds than mainland China.
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Shulman’s Miami firm is noted for designing numerous renovations and expansions of historic buildings on the Beach and mainland Miami, and is overseeing design of the replacement Deauville.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2025
Moscow seized control of Crimea, the peninsula south of mainland Ukraine, in 2014.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025
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Ilaria Maria Sala, ARTnews.com, 24 Mar. 2025
While Hong Kong’s unemployment rate has hovered for years around a more encouraging 3 percent, the city is far more sensitive to external shocks and global headwinds than mainland China.
—Ilaria Maria Sala, ARTnews.com, 24 Mar. 2025
Shulman’s Miami firm is noted for designing numerous renovations and expansions of historic buildings on the Beach and mainland Miami, and is overseeing design of the replacement Deauville.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2025
Moscow seized control of Crimea, the peninsula south of mainland Ukraine, in 2014.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025
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mainland
noun
main·land
ˈmān-ˌland
-lənd
: a continent or the main part of a continent as distinguished from an offshore island or sometimes from a cape or peninsula
mainlander
noun
Geographical Definition
Mainland
geographical name
Main·land
ˈmān-ˌland
-lənd
1
2
island in northern Scotland; largest of the Orkney Islands
3
island in northern Scotland; largest of the Shetland Islands
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