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landlocked

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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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈlændlɑkt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlændlɒkt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: L AE1 N D L AA2 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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
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