Definitions for Mainland

Mainland main·land

Spelling: [meyn-land, -luh nd]
IPA: /ˈmeɪnˌlænd, -lənd/

Mainland is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 202 anagrams from letters in Mainland (aadilmnn).

Definitions for Mainland

noun

  1. the principal land of a country, region, etc., as distinguished from adjacent islands or a peninsula:
  2. (in Hawaii) the 48 contiguous states of the U.S.
  3. the largest of the Shetland Islands. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km).
  4. Pomona (def 3).

Origin of Mainland

Middle English word dating back to 1325-75; See origin at main1, land

Examples for Mainland

They had proved that lower California was not an island but a part of the mainland.

In 1957, the islands came under repeated shelling by mainland--or as it was then called, “Red”-- China.

Shoppers from mainland China arrived in droves, and gained front row seats to civil disobedience in action.

These were on the mainland and did not have to be reached by boat or by swimming.

On Friday, June 12, 1494, he discovered the mainland of America.

Even now, the protest sites see a good number of mainland Chinese tourists who stop by to read the posters and banners.

When I reached the mainland again I had sworn that I had been floating.

Palombo, who was on the mainland at the time, told him to move on.

There be seven of them in all, lying off the town of Hampton on the mainland, about a league.

The two islands are now tourist sites for visitors from Taiwan and mainland China.

Word Value for Mainland
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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