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Inland vs Mauka - What's the difference?

inland | mauka |

As nouns the difference between inland and mauka

is that inland is the interior part of a country. Shakespearemauka is the flowering Andean root vegetable Mirabilis expansa, which was important to the Incas and which survives in cold, windy places several thousand meters above sea level.

As adverbs the difference between inland and mauka

is that inland is into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast. Cook while mauka is inland, towards the mountains.

As an adjective inland

is within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town.

inland

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town.
  • :* This wide inland sea. .
  • :* From inland regions to the distant main. .
  • 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 foreign; as, an inland bill of exchange.

    • Noun

    (-)
  • The interior part of a country. Shakespeare

    • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast. Cook .
  • :* The greatest waves of population have rolled inland from the east. .

    • mauka

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl)

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (Hawaii) inland, towards the mountains.

    • See also

    * makai

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The flowering Andean root vegetable Mirabilis expansa , which was important to the Incas and which survives in cold, windy places several thousand meters above sea level.
  • One of the edible tuberous roots this plant produces.

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