1
: of or relating to the interior of a country
2
chiefly British
: not foreign : domestic
: the interior part of a country
: into or toward the interior
Examples of inland in a Sentence
Adverb
They traveled inland from the sea.
They live inland about three miles.
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Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 26 Feb. 2025
In addition, vegetation dries first in California’s inland valleys, which may already suffer from wildfires—occupying limited firefighting resources—by the time wetter coastal areas are even ready for prescribed burning.
—Charlie Campbell / Melbourne and Canberra, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
Five people died in the Palisades Fire along the coast and 11 deaths resulted from the Eaton Fire inland, according to the Associated Press.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Jan. 2025
Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
But just 35 miles inland from the popular shoreline is the historic town of Milton which defies the traditional ideas of panhandle vacations.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Celebrity will join a large collection of companies already plying the world’s inland waterways, including AmaWaterways, Aqua Expeditions, Avalon Waterways, Pandaw, Riverside, Tauck, Uniworld, and Viking.
—Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 26 Feb. 2025
In addition, vegetation dries first in California’s inland valleys, which may already suffer from wildfires—occupying limited firefighting resources—by the time wetter coastal areas are even ready for prescribed burning.
—Charlie Campbell / Melbourne and Canberra, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
The winds raced in from the east, rather than the normal inland approach off the ocean.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
Five people died in the Palisades Fire along the coast and 11 deaths resulted from the Eaton Fire inland, according to the Associated Press.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Jan. 2025
Adverb
In late April 1777, 1,500 British soldiers and loyalists landed on the Connecticut shore and marched 25 miles inland.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
But just 35 miles inland from the popular shoreline is the historic town of Milton which defies the traditional ideas of panhandle vacations.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Inland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inland. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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inland
1 of 3 adjective
in·land
ˈin-ˌland 
-lənd
: of or relating to the part of a country away from the coast or boundaries
inland
2 of 3 noun
: the part of a country away from the coast or boundaries : interior
inlander
noun
-ˌlan-dər
-lən-
inland
3 of 3 adverb
: into or toward the area away from a coast
traveled inland
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