landfall

English

Etymology

From land +‎ fall.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

landfall (countable and uncountable, plural landfalls)

An arrival at the shore by a ship, or sighting of the shore from a 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.
The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
(obsolete) The first land discovered after a sea voyage.
A landslip.

Derived terms

make landfall

Translations

arrival of a ship at the shore

Chinese:
Mandarin: 登陆 (zh) (dēnglù)
Czech: přistání (cs) n
Finnish: rantautuminen (fi)
German: Landung (de) f
Hungarian: partot érés
Irish: teacht i dtír m
Italian: approdo (it) m, attracco (it) m
Maori: ūnga, ūnga ki uta
Scottish Gaelic: fradharc-tìre m
Spanish: recalada (es) f, aterrada (es) f, arribada (es) f, arribaje m
Swedish: angöring (sv)

place at which a storm reaches the land

Finnish: rantautumispaikka
Italian: il toccare terra m, raggiungere la terraferma

First land discovered after a sea voyage

Maori: kitenga whenua