landlocked
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- adjective
- /ˈlændˌlɑkt/
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- After a protracted civil war, Eritrea seceded from Ethiopia, leaving Ethiopia as the most populous landlocked country in the world.
- landlocked country
- landlocked region
And very obviously Nepal is the landlocked country between China and India.
- And very obviously Nepal is the landlocked country between China and India.
- It's landlocked between India and China, so it's a tiny country, but they have this incredible heart of spirituality that runs through everything they do.
- So being landlocked for the first time, more or less really, it was really difficult for him and the wheels really started to come off in Texas.
Examples
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And what was it like for a kid from landlocked Iowa on a ship?
Blog text (10) -
And very obviously Nepal is the landlocked country between China and India.
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You were at some beach in a landlocked state.
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"It's been a long time," the soldier finally said, "since I have found myself in a landlocked place."
Fiction book (1997) -
It's landlocked between India and China, so it's a tiny country, but they have this incredible heart of spirituality that runs through everything they do.
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Finally, the landlocked Caspian states all lack direct access to consumer markets in Europe and the Far East.
Academic text (1998) -
We're a landlocked country.
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Yet history testifies to the fact that, despite some obvious problems, other landlocked countries do well in cooperation with their neighbors.
Academic text (1991) -
Like Juneau, Alaska, it is a landlocked capital surrounded by jagged, forbidding mountains.
Academic text (1990) -
Nepal is a landlocked country situated between China and India.
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How Landlocked
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Etymology
The word landlocked comes from two simple parts: land meaning 'ground' and locked meaning 'closed' or 'shut'. So a landlocked country is like land that is 'locked' inside other land, with 'no direct access to the sea'.