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Example sentences for: mainland

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While mainland Greece was reaching its zenith during the Classical Age (480–338 b.c.), the island remained a backwater of warring city-states, of which Górtis was the most powerful.
Syracuse’s original settlement was the port island of Ortigia, joined by causeway to the mainland.
The opening of a roadway linking the village to the mainland brought many changes for the inhabitants.
Pope John Paul II made his fifth visit to the U.S. mainland.
On the mainland, an invasion of even greater significance followed in 1580, when Philip II of Spain proclaimed himself king of Portugal and marched his armies across the border.