"landmass" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlænd.mæs/ [UK, US] Forms: landmasses [plural]
Etymology: land + mass Etymology templates: {{compound|en|land|mass}} land + mass Head templates: {{en-noun}} landmass (plural landmasses)
  1. (geography) A large, continuous area of land surrounded by sea or contiguous with another landmass. Categories (topical): Geography Synonyms: land mass, land-mass Translations (large continuous area of land): 陸地 (Chinese Mandarin), 陆地 (lùdì) (Chinese Mandarin), 大陸 (Chinese Mandarin), 大陆 (dàlù) (Chinese Mandarin), 大片陸地 (Chinese Mandarin), 大片陆地 (dàpiàn lùdì) (Chinese Mandarin), landmassa [feminine] (Dutch), maamassa (Finnish), masse terrestre [feminine] (French), Landfläche [feminine] (German), Landmasse [feminine] (German), Festland [neuter] (German), ήπειρος (ípeiros) [feminine] (Greek), mórchríoch [feminine] (Irish), 陸地 (rikuchi) (alt: りくち) (Japanese), 대륙 (daeryuk) (Korean), су́ша (súša) [feminine] (Russian), твердь (tverdʹ) [feminine] (Russian), masa de tierra [feminine] (Spanish), landmassa [common-gender] (Swedish)

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