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Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town.

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  1. a. Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town.
  2. a. Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as, inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc.
  3. a. Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreing; as, an inland bill of exchange. See Exchange.
  4. n. The interior part of a country.
  5. adv. Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast.
  6. adj. situated away from an area's coast or border
  7. adv. towards or into the interior of a region
  8. 1. Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town. "This wide inland sea." Spenser. From inland regions to the distant main. Cowper. 2. Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as, inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc. 3. Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreing; as, an inland bill of exchange. See Exchange. The interior part of a country. Shak. Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast. Cook. The greatest waves of population have rolled inland from the east. S. Turner.
  9. The interior part of a country. Shak.
  10. r:51/j:49 a. situated away from an area's coast or border r. towards or into the interior of a region