Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Accomplished, traversing, or passing over the land instead of the ocean.
- adverb By way of land.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Passing by land; made or performed upon or across the land: as, an overland journey.
- Especially— The route from Great Britain to India by way of the Isthmus of Suez, as opposed to that around the Cape of Good Hope.
- The route from the country east of the Mississippi to the Pacific coast across the plains and the Rocky Mountains, as opposed to that around Cape Horn, or by way of the Isthmus of Darien.
- In Australia, to cross the country with herds of cattle, sheep, etc.
- Over or across the country.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Being, or accomplished, over the land, instead of by sea.
- adverb By, upon, or across, land.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective by or across
land , especially of travel - adverb Over, across, or by
land .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective traveling or passing over land
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Port. word (attested from 1559) came via Macao; and Rus. chai, Pers. cha, Gk. tsai, Arabic shay and Turk. çay all came overland from the Mandarin form.
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It focuses on the Russian tea tradition, revealing a long history that originated in overland Sino-Russian trade via Siberia, this differing significantly from that of Britain with its colonial contacts in India.
Archive 2004-08-01 Ray Girvan 2004
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It focuses on the Russian tea tradition, revealing a long history that originated in overland Sino-Russian trade via Siberia, this differing significantly from that of Britain with its colonial contacts in India.
Russian tea Ray Girvan 2004
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The distance to Morelia from there overland is not that much greater than from Veracruz to Morelia.
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Some Sangleys, fleeing overland from the Dutch, fell into the hands of Zambal Indians, expert archers and bowmen.
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I was feeling worn out after 10 days of challenging travel (West Coast-East Coast flights, Haiti, Guyana-to-Suriname overland)
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To the problems of the colonial administration, already preoccupied by political events in Paris, stunned by the uprising of the slaves, and torn asunder by the power struggle between mulatto and white planters, was now added the threat of an enemy army moving overland from the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo.
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985
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By a short cut overland, which is not so level, the distance is only about thirty miles, but our Eskimos chose the level course, as it is doubtful whether their excuses for dogs could have hauled the komatik over the hills on the short cut.
The Long Labrador Trail Dillon Wallace 1901
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They should carry even rigging for the port of Acapulco, since there is rigging at Manila which is very cheap; and then your Highness will not have to spend vast sums in taking it from San Juan de Lua to Acapulco overland, which is one hundred and fifty leguas.
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We were now doubly anxious to get away from this cave, so we rapidly finished the discussion of our plan, and Jack arranged that he should accompany what may be termed the overland part of our expedition.
The Gorilla Hunters 1859
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