Mainland is defined as "relating to or forming the main part of a country or continent, not including the islands around it [regardless of status under territorial jurisdiction by an entity].
In geopolitics, "mainland" is sometimes used interchangeably with terms like metropole as an antonym to overseas territories.
In some language a separate concept of "mainland" is missing and is replaced with a "continental portion".
This list denotes prominent usages of the term "mainland" to distinguish between distinct regions within a single country based on an "islands-to-mainland" relationship.
This list denotes prominent internal usages of the term "mainland" that are disputed.