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o⋅ver⋅land

[oh-ver-land, -luhnd]
–adverb
1. by land; on terrain: to travel overland rather than by sea.
2. over or across the land: a road that winds overland.
–adjective
3. proceeding, performed, or carried on overland: the overland route to the West.

Origin:
1325–75; ME overlond. See over-, land

O⋅ver⋅land

[oh-ver-luhnd]
–noun
a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis. 19,620.
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o·ver·land   (ō'vər-lānd', -lənd)   
adj.  Accomplished, traversing, or passing over the land instead of the ocean: an overland journey; an overland route.
adv.  By way of land: traveled overland to the ranch.
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