name
Meaning 1
A city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
landfall
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈlænd.fɔːl/
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US: /ˈlænd.fɔl/
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US: /ˈlænd.fɑl/
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CMU ARPABET: L AE1 N D F AO2 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An arrival at the shore by a ship, or sighting of the shore from a ship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- We made landfall at the most god-forsaken, barren, desolate, and hellish location possible to image; and we were grateful, anything to get off that ship!
- Lighthouses are usually the first aids seen when making landfall.
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noun
Meaning 3
The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
The first land discovered after a sea voyage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A landslip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sighting
noun
Meaning 7
the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: seashore, coast, seacoast, sea-coast
History
Etymology
From land + fall, see landfall.
From land + fall.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 登陆 (dēnglù) — arrival of a ship at the shore
- Czech: přistání — arrival of a ship at the shore
- Finnish: rantautuminen — arrival of a ship at the shore
- German: Landung — arrival of a ship at the shore
- Hungarian: partot érés — arrival of a ship at the shore
- Irish: teacht i dtír — arrival of a ship at the shore
- Italian: approdo — arrival of a ship at the shore
- Italian: attracco — arrival of a ship at the shore
- Māori: ūnga — arrival of a ship at the shore
- Māori: ūnga ki uta — arrival of a ship at the shore
- Scottish Gaelic: fradharc-tìre — arrival of a ship at the shore
- Spanish: recalada — arrival of a ship at the shore
- Spanish: aterrada — arrival of a ship at the shore
- Spanish: arribada — arrival of a ship at the shore
- Spanish: arribaje — arrival of a ship at the shore
- Swedish: angöring — arrival of a ship at the shore
- Finnish: rantautumispaikka — place at which a storm reaches the land
- Italian: il toccare terra — place at which a storm reaches the land
- Italian: raggiungere la terraferma — place at which a storm reaches the land
- Māori: kitenga whenua — First land discovered after a sea voyage
Real reading context