Meanings
nounlandmass (plural landmasses)
plural landmasses · alternative land mass · alternative land-mass
- geographyA large, continuous area of land surrounded by sea or contiguous with another landmass.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 陸地 /陆地, 大陸 /大陆
- 陸地 /陆地 (lùdì)large continuous area of land
- 大陸 /大陆 (dàlù)large continuous area of land
- 大片陸地 /大片陆地 (dàpiàn lùdì)large continuous area of land
Dutch landmassa
- landmassalarge continuous area of land
Finnish maamassa
- maamassalarge continuous area of land
French masse terrestre
- masse terrestrelarge continuous area of land
German Landfläche, Landmasse
- Landflächelarge continuous area of land
- Landmasselarge continuous area of land
- Festlandlarge continuous area of land
Greek ήπειρος
- ήπειρος (ípeiros)large continuous area of land
Irish mórchríoch
- mórchríochlarge continuous area of land
Japanese 陸地
- 陸地 (rikuchi)large continuous area of land
Korean 대륙
- 대륙 (daeryuk)large continuous area of land
Russian су́ша, твердь
- су́ша (súša)large continuous area of land
- твердь (tverdʹ)large continuous area of land
Spanish masa de tierra
- masa de tierralarge continuous area of land
Swedish landmassa
- landmassalarge continuous area of land
Cite this entry
APA
landmass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landmass
MLA
“landmass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landmass. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “landmass,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landmass.
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