inland

1 of 3

adjective

in·​land ˈin-ˌland 

-lənd

1

: of or relating to the interior of a country

2

chiefly British : not foreign : domestic

inland

2 of 3

noun

: the interior part of a country

inland

3 of 3

adverb

: into or toward the interior

Examples of inland in a Sentence

Adverb

They traveled inland from the sea.

They live inland about three miles.

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

That doesn't count people in inland areas that flood, like in the North Carolina and Tennessee mountains that experienced massive flooding from Hurricane Helene last year — or those whose homes were drenched from the Hill Country flooding in Texas this summer. —Jonathan R.m. Charles, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025

The state assemblyman argued that coastal cities take tax dollars away from inland California, meaning issues faced inland are not prioritized. —Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025

Noun

The new map, however, shifts several inland and southern districts toward Democrats, consolidating Republican voters into fewer, larger districts. —Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025

Sacrament takes on the next crisis to strike the inland empire, COVID-19. —Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025

Adverb

Theorizing that these price increases were driven by demand from developers and buyers fleeing inward from sinking coastal neighborhoods—and were displacing people already in the communities farther inland—Keenan and his colleagues coined the term climate gentrification. —Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025

Four of the earthquakes struck off the coast in the Cook Inlet and the Gulf of Alaska, while three more struck inland. —Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1573, in the meaning defined above

Adverb

1600, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for inland

• armband
• backhand
• bandstand
• baseband
• broadband
• command
• cropland
• demand
• disband
• dreamland
• expand
• farmhand

Kids Definition

inland

1 of 3 adjective

in·​land ˈin-ˌland 

-lənd

: of or relating to the part of a country away from the coast or boundaries

inland

2 of 3 noun

: the part of a country away from the coast or boundaries : interior

inlander

-ˌlan-dər, 

-lən-

noun

inland

3 of 3 adverb

: into or toward the area away from a coast

traveled inland