inland /ˈɪnlənd/adjective 4adverb 1noun 1forms 3 adjective4 •Within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water; interior.In this wide Inland sea, that hight by name / The Idle lake, my wandring ship I row, […] — 1590 •Limited to the land, or to inland routes; not passing on, or over, the sea. •Confined to one country or state; domestic; not foreign. •(no longer used) Of a sophisticated background, especially as relates to a royal court or national capital.inland bred adverb1 •Into, or towards, the interior of the land, away from the coast.The greatest waves of population have rolled inland from the east. — 1836 noun1 •The interior part of a country.a wall sufficient to defend Our inland from the pilfering borderers. — 1599 formsinlands · more inland · most inland
