: going or accomplished over the land instead of by sea
overland emigrants
an overland route
Examples of overland in a Sentence
Adverb
We traveled overland by horse to the mountains.
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David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The longer alternative is for goods to be shipped from China to India and then brought overland to Nepal.
—Binaj Gurubacharya, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
Iran has very limited overland routes for exporting its oil, with far less capacity to use ports outside the currently dangerous Persian Gulf than Saudi Arabia (which has the port of Yanbu on the Red Sea) or the United Arab Emirates (which has Fujairah in the Gulf of Oman).
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
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Adverb
An ability to get the products overland from Guyana’s capital, Georgetown, will cut weeks and substantial costs out of that supply chain.
—David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The longer alternative is for goods to be shipped from China to India and then brought overland to Nepal.
—Binaj Gurubacharya, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Adjective
The embassy said the fastest option for leaving Israel is to take an overland route like those that are available to Egypt and Jordan.
—CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
Iran has very limited overland routes for exporting its oil, with far less capacity to use ports outside the currently dangerous Persian Gulf than Saudi Arabia (which has the port of Yanbu on the Red Sea) or the United Arab Emirates (which has Fujairah in the Gulf of Oman).
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Overland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overland. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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