"mainland" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmeɪnlənd/ [General-American], /-lænd/ [General-American], /ˈmeɪnlænd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /mæɪnlænd/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand] Audio: en-us-mainland.ogg [US] Forms: mainlands [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mayne londe}} Middle English mayne londe, {{compound|en|main|land}} main + land, {{cog|sco|mayn-land}} Scots mayn-land, {{m|sco|magan-land}} magan-land, {{m|sco|madin-land||mainland}} madin-land (“mainland”), {{cog|fo|meginland||mainland}} Faroese meginland (“mainland”), {{cog|is|meginland||mainland}} Icelandic meginland (“mainland”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mainland (plural mainlands)
  1. The continent; the principal land, as distinguished from islands or a peninsula. Translations (the main landmass of a country or continent): ἤπειρος (ḗpeiros) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), يَابِسَة (yābisa) [feminine] (Arabic), بَرّ (barr) [masculine] (Arabic), قَارَّة (qārra) [feminine] (Arabic), ցամաքամաս (cʿamakʿamas) (Armenian), materik (Azerbaijani), мацяры́к (macjarýk) [masculine] (Belarusian), кантыне́нт (kantynjént) [masculine] (Belarusian), кантынэ́нт (kantynént) [masculine] (Belarusian), মূলভূমি (mulbhumi) (Bengali), континент (kontinent) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ပြည်မကြီး (pranyma.kri:) (Burmese), continent [masculine] (Catalan), terra ferma [feminine] (Catalan), 大陸 (Chinese Mandarin), 大陆 (dàlù) (Chinese Mandarin), 內地 (Chinese Mandarin), 内地 (nèidì) (Chinese Mandarin), 本土 (běntǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), tir meur [masculine] (Cornish), dor bras [masculine] (Cornish), pevnina [feminine] (Czech), fastland [neuter] (Danish), vasteland [neuter] (Dutch), ĉeflando (Esperanto), manner (Estonian), meginland [neuter] (Faroese), fastland [neuter] (Faroese), manner (Finnish), continent [masculine] (French), კონტინენტი (ḳonṭinenṭi) (Georgian), მატერიკი (maṭeriḳi) (Georgian), Festland [neuter] (German), Kontinent [masculine] (German), ηπειρωτική χώρα (ipeirotikí chóra) [feminine] (Greek), meginland [neuter] (Icelandic), fastland [neuter] (Icelandic), mantere (Ingrian), maanselkä (Ingrian), mórthír [feminine] (Irish), tír mór [masculine] (Irish), continente [masculine] (Italian), 本土 (hondo) (alt: ほんど) (Japanese), 内地 (naichi) (alt: ないち) (Japanese), 大陸 (tairiku) (alt: たいりく) (Japanese), ដីគោក (dəy kook) (Khmer), 본토 (bonto) (Korean), 대륙 (daeryuk) (Korean), ແຜ່ນດິນໃຫຍ່ (phǣn din nyai) (Lao), continens [feminine] (Latin), sauszeme [feminine] (Latvian), sausuma [feminine] (Lithuanian), контине́нт (kontinént) [masculine] (Macedonian), kontinènta (Malagasy), cheer vooar [feminine] (Manx), otiki (Maori), mokoroa (Maori), tuawhenua (Maori), fastland [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), continent [masculine] (Occitan), قاره (qârre) (Persian), خشکی (xoški) (Persian), continente [masculine] (Portuguese), continent (Romanian), матери́к (materík) [masculine] (Russian), контине́нт (kontinént) [masculine] (Russian), continente [masculine] (Sardinian), mainland (Scots), tìr-mòr [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), mòr-thìr [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), pevnina [feminine] (Slovak), celina [feminine] (Slovene), kontinent [masculine] (Slovene), continente [masculine] (Spanish), bara (Swahili), fastland [neuter] (Swedish), แผ่นดินใหญ่ (pɛ̀n-din-yài) (Thai), матери́к (materýk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), контине́нт (kontynént) [masculine] (Ukrainian), materik (Uzbek), đại lục (Vietnamese), đất liền (Vietnamese), tir mawr [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-mainland-en-noun-jEwT7t~H Disambiguation of 'the main landmass of a country or continent': 85 2 14
  2. The principal island of a group.
    Sense id: en-mainland-en-noun-mlfch6Zr
  3. (Northern Ireland) Great Britain. Tags: Northern-Ireland Categories (topical): Geography
    Sense id: en-mainland-en-noun-iTPuCydU Disambiguation of Geography: 25 3 72 Categories (other): Northern Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 1 78 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 20 1 79 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 1 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mainland China, mainlander

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mainland China"
    },
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      "word": "mainlander"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "mayne londe"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English mayne londe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "main",
        "3": "land"
      },
      "expansion": "main + land",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "mayn-land"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots mayn-land",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "magan-land"
      },
      "expansion": "magan-land",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "madin-land",
        "3": "",
        "4": "mainland"
      },
      "expansion": "madin-land (“mainland”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "meginland",
        "3": "",
        "4": "mainland"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese meginland (“mainland”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "meginland",
        "3": "",
        "4": "mainland"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic meginland (“mainland”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English mayne londe; equivalent to main + land. Compare Scots mayn-land, magan-land, madin-land (“mainland”), Faroese meginland (“mainland”), Icelandic meginland (“mainland”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "mainlands",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mainland (plural mainlands)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, comment (not durably archived)",
          "text": "You may have not realised when I was using the term mainland Europe, I was excluding the British Isles."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The continent; the principal land, as distinguished from islands or a peninsula."
      ],
      "id": "en-mainland-en-noun-jEwT7t~H",
      "links": [
        [
          "continent",
          "continent"
        ],
        [
          "island",
          "island"
        ],
        [
          "peninsula",
          "peninsula"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "yābisa",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "يَابِسَة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "barr",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "بَرّ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "qārra",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "قَارَّة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "cʿamakʿamas",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "ցամաքամաս"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "materik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "macjarýk",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "мацяры́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "kantynjént",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кантыне́нт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "kantynént",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кантынэ́нт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "mulbhumi",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "মূলভূমি"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kontinent",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "континент"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "pranyma.kri:",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "ပြည်မကြီး"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "continent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "terra ferma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "大陸"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàlù",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "大陆"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "內地"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "nèidì",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "内地"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "běntǔ",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "本土"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tir meur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dor bras"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pevnina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "fastland"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vasteland"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "ĉeflando"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "manner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "meginland"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "fastland"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "manner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "continent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳonṭinenṭi",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "კონტინენტი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "maṭeriḳi",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "მატერიკი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Festland"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Kontinent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ipeirotikí chóra",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ηπειρωτική χώρα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "ḗpeiros",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ἤπειρος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "meginland"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "fastland"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "mantere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "maanselkä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mórthír"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tír mór"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "continente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "alt": "ほんど",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hondo",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "本土"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "alt": "ないち",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "naichi",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "内地"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "alt": "たいりく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tairiku",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "大陸"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "dəy kook",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "ដីគោក"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bonto",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "본토"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "daeryuk",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "대륙"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "phǣn din nyai",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "ແຜ່ນດິນໃຫຍ່"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "continens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sauszeme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sausuma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kontinént",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "контине́нт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "mg",
          "lang": "Malagasy",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "kontinènta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cheer vooar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "otiki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "mokoroa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "tuawhenua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "fastland"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "continent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "qârre",
          "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
          "word": "قاره"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 14",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
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      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "dəy kook",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "word": "ដីគោក"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bonto",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "word": "본토"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "daeryuk",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "word": "대륙"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "phǣn din nyai",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "word": "ແຜ່ນດິນໃຫຍ່"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "continens"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sauszeme"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sausuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kontinént",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "контине́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "word": "kontinènta"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cheer vooar"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "word": "otiki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "word": "mokoroa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "word": "tuawhenua"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fastland"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "continent"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qârre",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "word": "قاره"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xoški",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "word": "خشکی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "continente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "word": "continent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "materík",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "матери́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kontinént",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "контине́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "continente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "word": "mainland"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tìr-mòr"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mòr-thìr"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pevnina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "celina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kontinent"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "continente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "word": "bara"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fastland"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pɛ̀n-din-yài",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "word": "แผ่นดินใหญ่"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "materýk",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "матери́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kontynént",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "контине́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "word": "materik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "word": "đại lục"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "word": "đất liền"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the main landmass of a country or continent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tir mawr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mainland"
}

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