adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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.
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General-American:/ˈlændlɑkt/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈlændlɒkt/
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CMU ARPABET:L AE1 N D L AA2 K T
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Of a country, region, etc., surrounded by land (having no borders with the sea).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: geography, natural-sciences
Examples
Switzerland is landlocked and obviously will never be a great sea power and must always trade overland.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Living in freshwater, such as landlocked salmon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Of a property or parcel, surrounded by other property and having no access to a public road.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, not-comparable
Topics: business, real-estate
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
surrounded entirely or almost entirely by land
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a landlocked country
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From land + locked (i.e. "locked-in by land on all sides").
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani:
dənizə çıxışı olmayan
— surrounded by land
Basque:
kostagabe
— surrounded by land
Basque:
itsasgabe
— surrounded by land
Bulgarian:
затворен
— surrounded by land
Catalan:
sense litoral
— surrounded by land
Chinese Mandarin:
內陸 /内陆
(nèilù)
— surrounded by land
Czech:
vnitrozemský
— surrounded by land
Danish:
indlands-
— surrounded by land
Dutch:
binnen-
— surrounded by land
Dutch:
door land omgeven
— surrounded by land
Finnish:
sisämaa-
— surrounded by land
French:
enclavé
— surrounded by land
French:
sans littoral
— surrounded by land
Georgian:
ზღვაზე გასასვლელის არმქონე
(zɣvaze gasasvlelis armkone)
— surrounded by land
Georgian:
ხმელეთით გარშემორტყმული
(xmeletit garšemorṭq̇muli)
— surrounded by land
Georgian:
ჩაკეტილი
(čaḳeṭili)
— surrounded by land
Georgian:
დახშული
(daxšuli)
— surrounded by land
German:
Binnenstaat
— surrounded by land
German:
binnenkontinental
— surrounded by land
German:
landumschlossen
— surrounded by land
German:
küstenlos
— surrounded by land
German:
ohne Zugang zum Meer
— surrounded by land
Greek:
ηπειρωτικός
(ipeirotikós)
— surrounded by land
Hungarian:
tengerrel nem határos
— surrounded by land
Icelandic:
landlukt
— surrounded by land
Irish:
talamhiata
— surrounded by land
Japanese:
内陸
(nairiku)
— surrounded by land
Korean:
내륙
(naeryuk)
— surrounded by land
Macedonian:
континента́лен
(kontinentálen)
— surrounded by land
Māori:
taikore
— surrounded by land
Norwegian:
innlands-
— surrounded by land
Polish:
śródlądowy
— surrounded by land
Portuguese:
encravado
— surrounded by land
Romanian:
continental
— surrounded by land
Romanian:
închis (terestru)
— surrounded by land
Russian:
окружённый су́шей
(okružónnyj súšej)
— surrounded by land
Russian:
континента́льный
(kontinentálʹnyj)
— surrounded by land
Scots:
landlockt
— surrounded by land
Scots:
landlockit
— surrounded by land
Serbo-Croatian:
континенталан
— surrounded by land
Serbo-Croatian:
kontinentalan
— surrounded by land
Spanish:
sin litoral
— surrounded by land
Spanish:
sin salida / acceso al mar
— surrounded by land
Spanish:
interior
— surrounded by land
Swedish:
kustlös
— surrounded by land
Thai:
ไม่มีทางออกสู่ทะเล
(mâi mee taang òk sòo tálay)
— surrounded by land
Welsh:
tirgloëdig
— surrounded by land
Welsh:
tirgaeëdig
— surrounded by land
German:
Süßwasser-
— living in freshwater
German:
ohne Zugang zu öffentlichen Wegen
— having no access to a public road