Dictionary 1. (a.) Within the land; remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town\.2. (a.) 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. 3. (a.) Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreign; as, an inland bill of exchange. See Exchange. 4. (n.) The interior part of a country. 5. (adv.) Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast. Thesaurus heartland hinterland home inlands inshore interior internal intestine inward inwardly inwards mediterranean midland midlands municipal national native up-country withinwards |