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As a noun overland

is (travel) a trip by land between the uk and the indian sub-continent or australia, or between the uk and south africa.

As an adjective overland

is by or across land, especially of travel.

As an adverb overland

is over, across, or by land.

As an initialism https is

(internet) hypertext transfer protocol secure (http secure), an encrypted form of information transfer on the internet.

overland

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (travel) a trip by land between the UK and the Indian Sub-continent or Australia, or between the UK and South Africa.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • by or across land, especially of travel
  • *1609 , , III.v
  • *:So, sir. I desire of you
  • *:A conduct overland to Milford Haven.
  • Adverb

    (-)
  • Over, across, or by land.
  • * 1589 , (ed.), Russia at the Close of the Sixteenth Century , T. Richards (1856), page 317:
  • To prevent this, he practised that none of the Companies servauntes shuld be suffered to goe overland with letters.
  • * 1786 , , reproduced in Charles Ross (ed.), Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis , volume 1, second edition, John Murray (1859), page 247:
  • The packet that was coming to us overland , and that left England in July, was cut off by the wild Arabs between Aleppo and Bussora.
  • * 2008 , , Connecting Histories in Afghanistan , Stanford University Press (2011), ISBN 978-0-8047-7411-6, page 57:
  • It is unclear whether the Peshin sayyid traveled overland' or by ship to Bombay from where he accompanied the goods by sea to Karachi or one of the smaller ports in Sind, then ' overland to Bela, Kelat, Qandahar, Kabul, and Bukhara.

    https

    English

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • (internet) Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTP Secure), an encrypted form of information transfer on the Internet.