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landfall

[land-fawl]

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noun

an approach to or sighting of land: The ship will make its landfall at noon tomorrow.

the land sighted or reached.

a landslide.

Origin:
1620–30; land + fall

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landfall (ˈlændˌfɔːl)

—n
1.	the act of sighting or nearing land, esp from the sea
2.	the land sighted or neared

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landfall

"sighting of land," 1620s, from land (v.1) + fall (v.) in the sense of "happen."

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