Definition of inland
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: of or relating to the interior of a country
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The creel limit for rainbow trout is five per day with no length restriction, and all anglers 16 and older who are not legally disabled must carry valid Illinois fishing licenses with inland trout stamps.
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Grab a paddleboard, kayak or canoe and explore five miles of secluded inland channels, or drift silently over the tranquil May River, and keep an eye out for dolphins.
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August and September are best for bear viewing, and April is ravishing for short inland excursions: there is still snow, and there are few visitors.
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That is partly because inland flooding is not as well considered as coastal flooding.
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More than a decade ago, Discover reported on an $85 million project to restore what was formerly one of the world’s biggest inland bodies of water: the Aral Sea.
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Spain's inland revenue, Agencia Estatal de Administración Tributaria (AEAT), have rejected a settlement offer from Real Madrid star striker Cristiano Ronaldo over charges of tax evasion.
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This return has brought commerce back to the inland town of Aralsk.
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Here's the full list: Transportation: roads, bridges, public transit, rail, airports, and maritime and inland waterway ports.
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First Known Use of inland
15th century
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Jeffboat, one of the largest inland shipbuilders in the country, is closing its doors.
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The majority of the Salem witch trials didn’t actually happen in Salem Town — what is known as Salem today — but in Salem Village, an inland hamlet that was renamed Danvers in 1752.
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Temperatures are expected to be about 3 to 7 degrees blow normal at the coast Thursday, about 15 degrees below normal inland, and as much as 20 degrees below normal in the mountains.
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In May, Field and a small group of volunteers used an agricultural spreader, dragged by a snowmobile, to cover an area of ice the size of three football fields on an inland lake in Alaska.
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Winds from the approaching system in inland Northern California are expected to see winds top out at 20 mph, but the Bay Area could see gusts reach 35 mph by midweek.
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But how much wastewater is reused varies wildly from region to region: Some inland counties now recycle nearly all their water, though South Florida has lagged behind.
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The deep low pressure system tracking north should hit the inland valleys in two parts, according to a National Weather Service post.
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Jeffboat, one of the largest inland shipbuilders in the country, is closing its doors.
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First Known Use of inland
1573
Definition of inland
: into or toward the interior
Examples of inland in a Sentence
They traveled inland from the sea.
They live inland about three miles.
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Tablas Creek Vineyard winery opened in 1997, flanking the eponymous rivulet in the Paso Robles hills about 12 miles inland and midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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But, of course, some of those days sitting in the old lakefront stadium - before the opening of Jacobs (Progressive) Field more inland in 1994 - were often colder than the average for Cleveland.
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Get our daily newsletter In theory the line should move about 40% of the freight coming inland from Mombasa.
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No swimming here; to cool off, walk another 2 miles inland to jump into the pool of a 300-foot waterfall.
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Last December, Braidy paid nearly $1 million for 204 acres and a vacant, 110,000-square-foot building several miles inland in the EastPark industrial center.
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The rain-snow line is the boundary between maritime air which comes inland and colder air over the land. .
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But when gold was discovered 40 miles inland, prospectors went north across the Coral Sea to seek their fortunes.
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The unusual brown-and-white flecked seabird forages in the ocean but flies up to 55 miles inland to breed, laying a single egg in a mossy depression high in the forest canopy.
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First Known Use of inland
1600
INLAND Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of inland for English Language Learners
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: of, relating to, or in the part of a country that is away from the coast or boundaries
inland
Definition of inland for English Language Learners
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: in, into, or toward the middle of a country : away from the coast
INLAND Defined for Kids
Definition of inland for Students
: of or relating to the part of a country away from the coast
- inland towns
Definition of inland for Students
: the part of a country away from the coast or boundaries
Definition of inland for Students
: into or toward the area away from a coast
- The storm moved inland.
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