landmass

See also: land mass and land-mass

English

Alternative forms

• land mass, land-mass

Etymology

From land +‎ mass.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈlænd.mæs/

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Noun

landmass (plural landmasses)

1. (geography) A large, continuous area of land surrounded by sea or contiguous with another landmass.

Translations

large continuous area of land

Chinese: Mandarin: 陸地 / 陆地 (zh) (lùdì), 大陸 / 大陆 (zh) (dàlù), 大片陸地 / 大片陆地 (dàpiàn lùdì) Dutch: landmassa (nl) f Finnish: maamassa French: masse terrestre f German: Landfläche (de) f, Landmasse (de) f, Festland (de) n Greek: ήπειρος (el) f (ípeiros) Irish: mórchríoch f Italian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: 陸地 (ja) (りくち, rikuchi) Korean: 대륙 (ko) (daeryuk) Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: су́ша (ru) f (súša), твердь (ru) f (tverdʹ) Spanish: masa de tierra f Swedish: landmassa c