Meanings
nounland bridge (plural land bridges)
plural land bridges · alternative landbridge · alternative land-bridge
- biologyAn isthmus or other land connection between landmasses, chiefly one which existed during prehistoric times, by which it is theorized that animals and plants were able to spread from one landmass to another.
- rail transportA relatively fast rail or road route over land, especially one for transporting goods.
His reference to waves of lorries on the A55 that match ferry schedules may become dated. Until very recently, the A55 formed part of a land bridge between Ireland and continental Europe. However, when Britain left the European Union, ferries started to ply a direct sea link from Ireland, […]
2021 December 29, Philip Haigh, “Rail’s Role in Unifying Great Britain and Northern Ireland”, in Rail, number 947, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25
Origin
From land (noun) + bridge (noun).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans landbrug
- landbrugisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Arabic جسر يابسة
- جسر يابسةisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Basque lur-zubi
- lur-zubiisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Bengali ভূ-সেতু
- ভূ-সেতু (bhu-śetu)isthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Catalan pont terrestre
- pont terrestreisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Chinese Mandarin 陸橋 /陆桥, 陸運走廊 /陆运走廊
- 陸橋 /陆桥 (lùqiáo)isthmus or other land connection between landmasses
- 陸運走廊 /陆运走廊 (lùyùn zǒuláng)relatively fast rail or road route over land, especially one for transporting goods
Danish landbro
- landbroisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Dutch landbrug
- landbrugisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Esperanto terponto
- terpontoisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Finnish kannas, maakannas
- kannasisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
- maakannasisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
- maareittirelatively fast rail or road route over land, especially one for transporting goods
French pont terrestre
- pont terrestreisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
German Landbrücke
- Landbrückeisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Greek χερσαία γέφυρα
- χερσαία γέφυρα (chersaía géfyra)isthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Hebrew גשר יבשתי
- גשר יבשתיisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Hindi ज़मीनी पुल
- ज़मीनी पुल (zamīnī pul)isthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Icelandic landbrú
- landbrúisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Indonesian jambatan darat
- jambatan daratisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Irish droichead talún
- droichead talúnisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Italian ponte continentale
- ponte continentaleisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Japanese 陸橋
- 陸橋 (rikkyō)isthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Korean 육교
- 육교 (yukgyo)isthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Malay jambatan darat
- jambatan daratisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Persian پل خشکی
- پل خشکیisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Polish pomost lądowy
- pomost lądowyisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Portuguese ponte terrestre
- ponte terrestreisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Russian переше́ек
- переше́ек (perešéjek)isthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Spanish puente terrestre
- puente terrestreisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Swedish landbrygga, landförbindelse
- landbryggaisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
- landförbindelseisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
- landförbindelserelatively fast rail or road route over land, especially one for transporting goods
Tamil இணைநிலம்
- இணைநிலம் (iṇainilam)isthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Thai สะพานแผ่นดิน
- สะพานแผ่นดินisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Turkish kara köprüsü
- kara köprüsüisthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Ukrainian сухопу́тний міст
- сухопу́тний міст (suxopútnyj mist)isthmus or other land connection between landmasses
Cite this entry
APA
land bridge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/land%20bridge
MLA
“land bridge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/land%20bridge. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “land bridge,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/land%20bridge.
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