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Mainland vs Rimland - What's the difference?

mainland | rimland |

As nouns the difference between mainland and rimland

is that mainland is the main landmass of a country or continent while rimland is a land or region at the periphery of a heartland.

mainland

English

Noun

(wikipedia mainland) (en noun)
  • The main landmass of a country or continent
  • * 1719:
    • ...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.
  • * 2005 : comment
    • You may have not realised when I was using the term mainland Europe, I was excluding the British Isles.

    rimland

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a land or region at the periphery of a heartland

    • Derived terms

    * rimland theory

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