1
: of or relating to the interior of a country
2
chiefly British
: not foreign : domestic
: the interior part of a country
: into or toward the interior
Examples of inland in a Sentence
Adverb
They traveled inland from the sea.
They live inland about three miles.
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Apollo’s entry is useful for the massive €800m ‘Sports City’ currently being built on land the club owns surrounding the Metropolitano, including a new training ground for Diego Simeone’s first team, and public facilities for golf, padel and skating, and Europe’s largest inland surfing centre.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Tuesday morning less clouds are expected and the colder inland valleys are expected to see frost.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Gusts on Wednesday could be between 40-50 miles per hour in western portions of Washington, Oregon, and California down to the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as over higher terrain inland, according to Zehr.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
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
Apollo’s entry is useful for the massive €800m ‘Sports City’ currently being built on land the club owns surrounding the Metropolitano, including a new training ground for Diego Simeone’s first team, and public facilities for golf, padel and skating, and Europe’s largest inland surfing centre.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
Sacrament takes on the next crisis to strike the inland empire, COVID-19.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Tuesday morning less clouds are expected and the colder inland valleys are expected to see frost.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Adverb
Then there are street stalls like Barraca da Fafá, a 30-year-old institution in one of the crowded market lanes that lead inland from Ver-o-Peso.
—Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Gusts on Wednesday could be between 40-50 miles per hour in western portions of Washington, Oregon, and California down to the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as over higher terrain inland, according to Zehr.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Inland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inland. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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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
noun
-ˌlan-dər
-lən-
inland
3 of 3 adverb
: into or toward the area away from a coast
traveled inland
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