inland

1 of 3

adjective

in·​land ˈin-ˌland 

-lənd

1

: of or relating to the interior of a country

2

chiefly British : not foreign : domestic

inland

2 of 3

noun

: the interior part of a country

inland

3 of 3

adverb

: into or toward the interior

Examples of inland in a Sentence

Adverb

They traveled inland from the sea.

They live inland about three miles.

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The island sits across the sea from Zvérnec, a strip of beach and cliffs along Albania's Adriatic coastline that protects an inland lagoon. —Rob Schmitz, NPR, 16 June 2026

Heat index values are expected to reach 100 to 102 degrees across inland portions of both counties, including Plantation, Davie, Miramar, Lauderhill, Doral and Miami Lakes. —Scott Withers, CBS News, 14 June 2026

Noun

The answer almost certainly lies in the inland taipan’s ecological niche. —Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

Lillooet While many travelers turn around in Pemberton, the Sea to Sky continues northeast to Lillooet, a natural inland extension of the journey. —Vivian Chung, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2026

Adverb

The combination of a dangerous storm surge and the tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline. —Miami Herald Hurricane Bot, Miami Herald, 17 June 2026

Storm surge combined with the normal tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline. —Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 17 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1573, in the meaning defined above

Adverb

1600, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for inland

• armband
• backhand
• bandstand
• baseband
• broadband
• command
• cropland
• demand
• disband
• dreamland
• expand
• farmhand

Kids Definition

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

-ˌlan-dər, 

-lən-

noun

inland

3 of 3 adverb

: into or toward the area away from a coast

traveled inland