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landmass

a large continuous area of land, as opposed to seas or islands
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Weather forecasters said "Jenny" would cross parts of central and northern Luzon before exiting the Philippine landmass Wednesday morning.
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The implementation of the SRN can then begin to lift all-operator 4G landmass coverage from its current level of 67 per cent to 92 per cent.
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Okoye who explained that cattle rearing is a private business stressed that the Northern region of the country has large landmass enough to provide cattle ranches.
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At some points in Earth's history, there has been only one large landmass or two, called supercontinents.
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When Genghis, and after him, Timur, bulldozed their way across the Eurasian landmass, they unclogged the vast network of trails collectively called Silk Road.
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As billions of years passed, this landmass split up into several pieces of land that have drifted apart to create our eight continents.
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by Shruthi Nair The Telegraph Island, a rocky landmass in the middle of the very salty sea, was the highlight of the cruise.
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The European Union would rent this land from those two countries on a 99-year contract, Deutinger reasons, and then create a landmass that would serve as a new country "with its own constitution, economy and social system" under the protection of the European Union.
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To put this in perspective, the USA - a country with a landmass of 3.8million square miles - has to date taken in 1500 Syrian refugees.
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It is merely a peninsula on the African-Asian landmass. We just need free trade - vehicles, wine, fancy pork pies, books, cuckoo clocks, sandals, or whatever else.
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