landfall
noun
land·fall
ˈlan(d)-ˌfȯl 
1
: a sighting of land after a voyage or flight
2
: a reaching of land (as by a traveler, craft, or storm)
3
: the land first sighted on a voyage or flight
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From the deck of the boat, we saw our first landfall.
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Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
How common are hurricane landfalls in October?
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
Although Halong won't make direct landfall in the U.S. as a typhoon, the storm's energy will push a high-pressure system into Canada and the Pacific Northwest, according to a report from the A report from the also warned that Halong could fuel a particularly potent California storm.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Oct. 2025
Only storms with names that formed after the year 2000 and that are within 50 miles of the potential landfall location are shown.
—William B. Davis, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for landfall
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“Landfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landfall. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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landfall
noun
land·fall
ˈlan(d)-ˌfȯl
1
: a sighting or making of land after a voyage or flight
2
: the land first sighted on a voyage or flight
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