landfall

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlænd.fɔːl/
• (US) IPA: /ˈlænd.fɑl/, /ˈlænd.fɔl/

Noun

landfall (plural landfalls)

1. Arrival at the shore by 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.

2. The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.

Translations

arrival of a ship at the shore

• Finnish: rantautuminen (fi)
• German: Landung (de) f
• Scottish Gaelic: fradharc-tìre (gd) m

• Spanish: recalada (es), aterrada (es) f
• Swedish: angöring (sv)

place at which a storm reaches the land

• Finnish: rantautumispaikka (fi)

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: tocar tierra (es)

Derived terms

• make landfall