Meaning & use
inland
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Located in or relating to the interior part of a country or region, away from the coast or border.
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The storm weakened as it moved further inland.
They chose an inland route to avoid the crowded coastal highway.
A note on using this word
Also functions as an adverb ("they traveled inland") and occasionally as a noun referring to the interior region itself.
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interior
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