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