Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large area of land, such as a continent, that is wholly or mostly surrounded by water.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a large continuous extent of land.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
large continuous area ofland , either surrounded bysea orcontiguous with another landmass.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large continuous extent of land
- noun a large continuous extent of land
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Examples
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Unlike other large population nations, we have a lot of room to grow because of 90% of our landmass is habitable.
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Anatolia, the main Turkish landmass that historically has been known as Asia Minor, literally translates as "full of mothers".
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Central bank leaders from throughout Africa met in Senegal to discuss ideas about how they better integrate economies across this landmass, which is home to more countries than any other continent.
West Africa's Central Bank Governor Promotes Single Currency 2011
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Central bank leaders from throughout Africa met in Senegal to discuss ideas about how they better integrate economies across this landmass, which is home to more countries than any other continent.
West Africa's Central Bank Governor Promotes Single Currency 2011
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Spock took to calling the landmass they inhabited an island, saying the weather patterns were typical, and Kirk found no reason to disagree.
Sanctuary John Vornholt 1992
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Spock took to calling the landmass they inhabited an island, saying the weather patterns were typical, and Kirk found no reason to disagree.
Sanctuary John Vornholt 1992
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Spock took to calling the landmass they inhabited an island, saying the weather patterns were typical, and Kirk found no reason to disagree.
Sanctuary John Vornholt 1992
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Voting in Africa's biggest country by landmass, which is scheduled to last three days, is likely to result in victory for President Umar al-Bashir, because of a boycott by his main opposition challengers.
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A feat made all the more impressive considering our landmass is the size of Maryland.
unknown title 2009
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Based on data collected from Wikipedia, the Wall Street Journal, Alexa. com, and Facebook (among other sites), each network analyzed appears as a "landmass" on this "2010 Social Networking Map" that is a tribute to XKCD's version.
Map Of Online Communities Reveals Staggering Social Media Shifts (PICTURES) 2010
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