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land⋅fall

  [land-fawl]
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–noun
1. an approach to or sighting of land: The ship will make its landfall at noon tomorrow.
2. the land sighted or reached.
3. a landslide.
Origin:
1620–30; land + fall
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land·fall   (lānd'fôl')   
n.  
  1. The act or an instance of sighting or reaching land after a voyage or flight.
  2. The land sighted or reached after a voyage or flight.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Landfall

Land"fall\, n. 1. A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.

2. (Naut.) Sighting or making land when at sea.

A good landfall (Naut.), the sighting of land in conformity with the navigator's reckoning and expectation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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