Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water);
2.
the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Landfall \Land"fall\, n.
1. A sudden transference of property in land by the death of
its owner.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Naut.) Sighting or making land when at sea.
[1913 Webster]
A good landfall (Naut.), the sighting of land in conformity
with the navigator's reckoning and expectation.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
landfall
n 1: the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over
water)
2: the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or
flight over water)
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Landfall, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 700
Housing Units (2000): 300
Land area (2000): 0.077806 sq. miles (0.201516 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.024254 sq. miles (0.062817 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.102060 sq. miles (0.264333 sq. km)
FIPS code: 35414
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 44.951063 N, 92.977038 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Landfall, MN
Landfall