Mainland - What does it mean?
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The main landmass of a country or continent
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mainland
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(wikipedia mainland) (en noun)- ...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.
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- You may have not realised when I was using the term mainland Europe, I was excluding the British Isles.