inland

Definition

Within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water; interior.

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.

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."