inland
Speech parts
1. inland - Noun
2. inland - Adjective
3. inland - Adverb
Meaning
Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town.
Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as, inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc.
Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreing; as, an inland bill of exchange. See Exchange.
The interior part of a country.
Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast.
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the town is five miles inland
Accordingly, this now looks like it has potential to be a high-impact wind event for inland parts of Alabama late tonight; sustained winds of 25-45, with gusts to 65 mph in a few places south of I-59.
A 12 m wave reaches up to 5 km inland, leaving over 400 dead, the deadliest natural disaster in Australia's history.
A battalion was placed along the beach to defend against the landing, but they were meant to merely delay the inevitable American advance inland.
Additional rounds of breezy winds will be possible most afternoons for both inland areas and along the coast.
After moving inland only a short distance, much hard fighting swirled around a 50-foot-tall medieval stone tower that held a machine-gun nest.