mainland

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• General-American: /ˈmeɪnlənd/
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• General-American: /-lænd/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪnlænd/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /mæɪnlænd/
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• CMU ARPABET: M EY1 N L AE2 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: M EY1 N L AH0 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English mayne londe; equivalent to main + land. Compare Scots mayn-land, magan-land, madin-land (“mainland”), Faroese meginland (“mainland”), Icelandic meginland (“mainland”).

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: يَابِسَة (yābisa) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Arabic: بَرّ (barr) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Arabic: قَارَّة (qārra) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Armenian: ցամաքամաս (cʻamakʻamas) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Azerbaijani: materik — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Belarusian: мацяры́к (macjarýk) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Belarusian: кантыне́нт (kantynjént) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Belarusian: кантынэ́нт (kantynént) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Bengali: মূলভূমি (mulbhumi) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Bulgarian: континент (kontinent) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Burmese: ပြည်မကြီး (pranyma.kri:) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Catalan: continent — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Catalan: terra ferma — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Chinese Mandarin: 大陸 /大陆 (dàlù) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Chinese Mandarin: 內地 /内地 (nèidì) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Chinese Mandarin: 本土 (běntǔ) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Cornish: tir meur — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Cornish: dor bras — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Czech: pevnina — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Danish: fastland — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Dutch: vasteland — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Esperanto: ĉeflando — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Estonian: manner — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Faroese: meginland — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Faroese: fastland — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Finnish: manner — the main landmass of a country or continent
• French: continent — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Georgian: კონტინენტი (ḳonṭinenṭi) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Georgian: მატერიკი (maṭeriḳi) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• German: Festland — the main landmass of a country or continent
• German: Kontinent — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Greek: ηπειρωτική χώρα (ipeirotikí chóra) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Ancient Greek: ἤπειρος (ḗpeiros) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Icelandic: meginland — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Icelandic: fastland — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Indonesian: daratan utama — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Ingrian: mantere — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Ingrian: maanselkä — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Irish: mórthír — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Irish: tír mór — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Irish: míntír — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Italian: continente — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Japanese: 本土 (hondo) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Japanese: 内地 (naichi) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Japanese: 大陸 (tairiku) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Khmer: ដីគោក (dəy kook) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Korean: 본토 (bonto) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Korean: 대륙 (daeryuk) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Lao: ແຜ່ນດິນໃຫຍ່ (phǣn din h) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Latin: continens — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Latvian: sauszeme — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Lithuanian: sausuma — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Macedonian: контине́нт (kontinént) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Malagasy: kontinènta — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Malay: tanah besar — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Manx: cheer vooar — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Māori: otiki — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Māori: mokoroa — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Māori: tuawhenua — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Norwegian Bokmål: fastland — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Occitan: continent — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Persian: قاره (qârre) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Persian: خشکی (xoški) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Polish: ląd stały — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Polish: kontynent — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Portuguese: continente — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Romanian: continent — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Russian: матери́к (materík) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Russian: контине́нт (kontinént) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Sardinian: continente — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Scots: mainland — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Scottish Gaelic: tìr-mòr — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Scottish Gaelic: mòr-thìr — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Slovak: pevnina — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Slovene: celina — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Slovene: kontinent — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Spanish: continente — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Swahili: bara — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Swedish: fastland — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Thai: แผ่นดินใหญ่ (pɛ̀n-din-yài) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Ukrainian: матери́к (materýk) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Ukrainian: контине́нт (kontynént) — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Uzbek: materik — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Vietnamese: đại lục — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Vietnamese: đất liền — the main landmass of a country or continent
• Welsh: tir mawr — the main landmass of a country or continent