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# mainland

«mainland» in Mova's school dictionary: **The main large part of a country or continent, not…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (the mainland — usually singular); adjective (mainland)

### meaning for a pupil

The main large part of a country or continent, not counting the islands near it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mainland/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons it is used to compare islands with the land next to them: Tasmania and mainland Australia, the Isle of Wight and mainland Britain, Vancouver Island and the Canadian mainland. In stories, characters take a ferry from an island to the mainland. Phrases: the mainland, mainland Europe, mainland China, back to the mainland.

### examples

- We took the ferry from the island back to the mainland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mainland/#x1)
- Tasmania is an island south of mainland Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mainland/#x2)
- Some Scottish islanders shop on the mainland once a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mainland/#x3)
- Mainland Europe is just across the sea from Britain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mainland/#x4)
- The storm cut the island off from the mainland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mainland/#x5)
- Kangaroo Island has animals that are rare on the mainland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mainland/#x6)
- In the morning the king arose early, and crossed over to the mainland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mainland/#x7)

### note

Usually used with the: the mainland. In the UK, mainland Europe is often called the Continent. It is one word, not main land.

### In the corpora

- [The number is unknown and disputed, the government says it restored order, and the event is not openly discussed in mainland China.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mainland» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mainland/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.