inland
/ˈɪnˌland/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.83 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water; interior.
adj
Limited to the land, or to inland routes; not passing on, or over, the sea.
adj
Of a sophisticated background, especially as relates to a royal court or national capital.
Archaic
Example Sentences
- "an inland town"
- "In this wide Inland ſea, that hight by name / The Idle lake, my wandring ſhip I row, […]"
- "So doth the greater glory dim the less: A substitute shines brightly as a king Unto the king be by, and then his state Empties itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main of waters."
- "Brutes […] / Ruminate heedleſs of the ſcene outſpread / Beneath, beyond, and ſtretching far away / From inland regions to the diſtant main."
- "Happy he who, like Ulysses, has made an adventurous voyage; and there is no such sea for adventurous voyages as the Mediterranean—the inland sea which the ancients looked upon as so vast and so full of wonders."
- "inland commerce"
Etymology
From Middle English inland, inlond, from Old English inland, equivalent to in- + land. Compare West Frisian ynlân (“inland”), German Inland (“inland”), Danish indland (“inland”), Swedish inland (“inland”), Norwegian innland (“inland”). Compare also Dutch binnenland.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɪnˌland/