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landlocked

/ˈlændlɒkt/adjective

उच्चारण लैन्ड्लॉक्ट

स्थलरुद्ध, चारों ओर से भूमि से घिरा (समुद्र तट रहित)

Core word

adjective
  1. 1

    (of a country or state) almost or completely surrounded by land and having no coast

    स्थलरुद्ध, चारों ओर से भूमि से घिरा (समुद्र तट रहित)

    • Nepal and Bhutan are landlocked countries.
    • Being landlocked, the country depends on its neighbours for trade by sea.
    • Switzerland is a landlocked country in the middle of Europe.
    + 2 more examples
    • The landlocked nations often use ports of their neighbours.
    • Rajasthan is landlocked, but it has big salt lakes.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

be landlocked

Landlocked is an adjective used after be to say that a country has no coast.

Landlocked adjective है और 'be' के बाद बताता है कि देश का समुद्र-तट नहीं है।

  • Nepal is landlocked.
  • Bhutan and Nepal are landlocked countries.

landlocked + noun

Before a noun it describes a country, state or area without a sea coast.

Noun से पहले यह बिना समुद्र-तट वाले देश, राज्य या क्षेत्र का वर्णन करता है।

  • Landlocked countries depend on neighbours for ports.
  • Madhya Pradesh is a landlocked state.

landlocked by + noun

Landlocked can be followed by by to show what surrounds it.

इसके बाद 'by' लगाकर बताया जा सकता है कि क्या उसे घेरे हुए है।

  • The valley is landlocked by high mountains.
  • The lake is almost landlocked by hills.

no comparative form

Landlocked is a complete state, so more landlocked is not normally used.

Landlocked पूर्ण स्थिति है, इसलिए 'more landlocked' सामान्यतः नहीं कहा जाता।

  • Switzerland is landlocked.
  • Mongolia is a large landlocked country.
+Collocations 5

adverb + landlocked

completelyalmostentirelylargelypartly

  • Bolivia is completely landlocked.

landlocked + noun

countrystatenationregionarea

  • A landlocked country has no direct sea trade.

landlocked + problem

tradeportsaccesstransporteconomy

  • Landlocked countries face trade problems.

verb + landlocked

remainbebecomestay

  • Nepal remains landlocked despite its size.

landlocked + preposition

bybetweenfrom

  • Nepal is landlocked between India and China.
“More examples 5
  • Landlocked countries often rent port facilities from neighbours.

बिना समुद्र-तट वाले देश प्रायः पड़ोसियों से बंदरगाह सुविधाएँ किराए पर लेते हैं।

  • Hyderabad is in a landlocked state but has a large IT industry.

हैदराबाद बिना समुद्र-तट वाले राज्य में है पर वहाँ बड़ा IT उद्योग है।

  • The geography test asked us to name three landlocked countries.

भूगोल की परीक्षा में तीन landlocked देशों के नाम पूछे गए।

  • Afghanistan is landlocked and mountainous.

अफ़ग़ानिस्तान landlocked और पहाड़ी है।

  • Radhika wrote an essay on the problems of landlocked nations.

राधिका ने landlocked राष्ट्रों की समस्याओं पर निबंध लिखा।

!Common mistakes 1

✗ Nepal is a landlocked.

✓ Nepal is landlocked.

Landlocked is an adjective and takes no article.

Landlocked adjective है और इसके साथ article नहीं लगता।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

These words describe geography, but they differ in what they stress.

ये शब्द भूगोल बताते हैं, पर बल में भिन्न हैं।

landlocked

With no coast at all.

जिसका कोई समुद्र-तट नहीं।

  • Nepal is landlocked.

coastal

Next to the sea.

समुद्र के पास।

  • Goa is coastal.

inland

Away from the coast, not necessarily without a coast in the country.

तट से दूर, पर देश का तट होना ज़रूरी नहीं।

  • Pune is an inland city.
✓In the exam

General knowledge

Nepal, Bhutan and Afghanistan are landlocked neighbours of India, and Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country in the world.

Nepal, Bhutan और Afghanistan भारत के landlocked पड़ोसी देश हैं, और Kazakhstan दुनिया का सबसे बड़ा landlocked देश है।