mainland

mainland englannista suomeksi

1. mantere

0. Substantiivi

1. manner

mainland englanniksi

1. The continent; the principal land, as distinguished from islands or a peninsula.

2. (RQ:Defoe Robinson Crusoe)I got to the mainland, where, to my great comfort, I clambered up the cliffs of the shore and sat me down upon the grass, free from danger and quite out of the reach of the water.

3. 2005, comment (not durably archived):

''You may have not realised when I was using the term mainland Europe, I was excluding the British Isles.''

4. The principal island of a group.

5. Britain.

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