landfall

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Etymology

From land +‎ fall.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlænd.fɔːl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlænd.fɔl/, /ˈlænd.fɑl/

Noun

landfall (countable and uncountable, plural landfalls)

1. An arrival at the shore by a ship, or sighting of the shore from a ship.

   We made landfall at the most god-forsaken, barren, desolate, and hellish location possible to image; and we were grateful, anything to get off that ship!

   Lighthouses are usually the first aids seen when making landfall.

2. The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
3. (obsolete) The first land discovered after a sea voyage.
4. A landslip.

Derived terms

• make landfall

Translations

arrival of a ship at the shore

Chinese: Mandarin: 登陆 (zh) (dēnglù) Czech: přistání (cs) n Finnish: rantautuminen (fi) German: Landung (de) f Hungarian: partot érés Irish: teacht i dtír m Italian: approdo (it) m, attracco (it) m Maori: ūnga, ūnga ki uta Scottish Gaelic: fradharc-tìre m Spanish: recalada (es) f, aterrada (es) f, arribada (es) f, arribaje m Swedish: angöring (sv)

place at which a storm reaches the land

Finnish: rantautumispaikka Italian: il toccare terra m, raggiungere la terraferma

First land discovered after a sea voyage

Maori: kitenga whenua