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continent |
(cap.) the mainland of Europe (usu. prec. by "the"). [1/3 definitions] |
continental |
(usu. cap.) of, related to, or similar to the mainland European culture, customs, or the like. [2/6 definitions] |
Hong Kong |
a region of southeast China containing Hong Kong Island as well as many other islands and the adjacent mainland. Hong Kong was a British colony from the 1840s until 1997 when it was reverted to Chinese rule as a "Special Administrative Region." While it is a part of China and controlled by the Chinese government on all matters related to defense and foreign affairs, Hong Kong operates with a great deal of autonomy, with its own legal system, police force, immigration policy, and currency. |
Labrador |
the part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador that is on the mainland. [1/3 definitions] |
Leif Ericsson |
a Nordic explorer who was the first known European to set foot on mainland North America (b.980?--d.1020?). |
pen. |
abbreviation of "peninsula," an area of land surrounded on nearly all sides by water, and connected to a mainland by a usu. narrow strip of land. |
peninsula |
an area of land surrounded on nearly all sides by water, and connected to a mainland by a usu. narrow strip of land. |
sound4 |
a body of water situated between two larger bodies of water or between an island and the mainland. [1/2 definitions] |
Swahili |
a member of the Bantu people of Zanzibar and the neighboring mainland who originally spoke this language. [1/2 definitions] |
tombolo |
a sand bar that connects an island to the mainland or to another island. |
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