inland.

Located away from the sea or toward the interior of a country.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• an inland town
• inland waters

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They left the harbor for an inland town beyond the ridge.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Normally non-gradable adjective; also an invariable adverb. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: moderately common.