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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