mainland

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mainland - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mainland \Main"land`\, n.
     The continent; the principal land; -- opposed to island, or
     peninsula. --Dryden.
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           After the two wayfarers had crossed from the peninsula
           to the mainland.                         --Hawthorne.
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mainland - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mainland
      n 1: the main land mass of a country or continent; as
           distinguished from an island or peninsula