landlocked

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It is the most densely populated country in Africa; is landlocked, and has few natural resources and minimal industry.

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  1. adjective Entirely or almost entirely surrounded by land: a landlocked country.
  2. adjective Confined to inland waters, as certain salmon.

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  • To foreigners, the landlocked island has essentially two products. —  Dealbreaker
  • Johnson says the city zoo is dated, landlocked, and in need of vast improvement. —  WREG - CLICK HERE FOR MORE LOCAL NEWS
  • Sparsely populated and landlocked, the nation is overwhelmingly agrarian, with the vast bulk of the population engaged in subsistence farming; 56\% of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) came from agriculture in 2006.
  • And a country like Afghanistan - landlocked, mountainous and with few good roads - poses enormously difficult challenges even without attacks by militants. —  The Captain's Journal
  • Because Allen is landlocked, the board reviews data on when the student population will max out.
 

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/ˈlændlɑkt/
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