ADJECTIVE (1)

1. situated away from an area's coast or border;


ADVERB (1)

1. towards or into the interior of a region;
- Example: "the town is five miles inland"

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inland \In"land\, a.
   1. Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or
      from open water; interior; as, an inland town. "This wide
      inland sea." --Spenser.
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            From inland regions to the distant main. --Cowper.
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   2. Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the
      seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as,
      inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc.
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   3. Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreign; as,
      an inland bill of exchange. See Exchange.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inland \In"land\, n.
   The interior part of a country. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inland \In"land\, adv.
   Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast. --Cook.
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         The greatest waves of population have rolled inland
         from the east.                           --S. Turner.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

inland
    adv 1: towards or into the interior of a region; "the town is
           five miles inland"
    adj 1: situated away from an area's coast or border [ant:
           coastal]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "inland":
   heartland, hinterland, home, inlands, inshore, interior, internal,
   intestine, inward, inwardly, inwards, mediterranean, midland,
   midlands, municipal, national, native, up-country, withinwards