Mainlands [noun]

When all these ceremonies were finished, they carried him for burial to an isolated island, far from the mainland.

The mainland of the great northern cove and the eastern side of the Islands were thick with trees: oaks, buckeye, willows, madroo.

In Alderney, I am told, it has one small station on the mainland on the side nearest the French coast.

By the time of our return the tide had already risen several feet and we were rowed to the mainland in a boat.

Lake Luna was a-glare from the mainland to Cavern Island, and the freight boats had given over running until the spring break-up.

Bellport, whither they were bound, lay about four miles down the coast of the mainland below Mayville.

And then, too, the alarm is going to be sent out just as soon as a boat from the village can get over to the mainland.

The shore line is broken by bays and branching creeks, often cutting off islands from the mainland.

By international agreement the mainland territories of the sultan were defined as extending 10 m. inland from the coast.

The aboriginal races include American Indians of the mainland and Caribs.