Definitions for: Mainland

[n] the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula

Webster (1913) Definition: Main"land`, n.
The continent; the principal land; -- opposed to island, or
peninsula. --Dryden.

After the two wayfarers had crossed from the peninsula
to the mainland. --Hawthorne.

See Also: dry land, earth, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma