mainland

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English mayne londe; equivalent to main +‎ land. Compare Scots mayn-land, magan-land, madin-land (“mainland”), Faroese meginland (“mainland”), Icelandic meginland (“mainland”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪnlənd/, /-lænd/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪnlænd/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /mæɪnlænd/ === Noun === mainland (plural mainlands) The continent; the principal land, as distinguished from islands or a peninsula. 2005, comment (not durably archived): You may have not realised when I was using the term mainland Europe, I was excluding the British Isles. The principal island of a group. (Northern Ireland) Great Britain. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === mainland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === almandin