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English
Etymology
land + fall
Pronunciation
Noun
landfall (countable and uncountable, plural landfalls)
- Arrival at the shore by ship, or sighting of the shore from a ship.
- We made landfall at the most god-forsaken, barren, desolate, and hellish location possible to image; and we were grateful, anything to get off that ship!
- Lighthouses are usually the first aids seen when making landfall.
- The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
- (obsolete) The first land discovered after a sea voyage.
- A landslip.
Derived terms
Translations
arrival of a ship at the shore
place at which a storm reaches the land
First land discovered after a sea voyage
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