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landlocked

  • adjective
  • land·locked
  • /ˈlændlɑkt/

Of a country, region, etc., surrounded by land (having no borders with the sea).

Example

“Switzerland is landlocked and obviously will never be a great sea power and must always trade overland.”

Other meanings

  1. Living in freshwater, such as landlocked salmon.

  2. Of a property or parcel, surrounded by other property and having no access to a public road.

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “landlocked” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.