landfall

n.

1. The act or an instance of sighting or reaching land after a voyage or flight.
2. The land sighted or reached after a voyage or flight.

n. an arrival at land on a sea or air journey.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)

Meaning #2: the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - landkending

Nederlands (Dutch)
(eerste) zicht op land vanaf schip, landverkenning

Français (French)
n. - (Naut) escale

Deutsch (German)
n. - Landfall, Landen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προσέγγιση ξηράς/στεριάς

Italiano (Italian)
approdo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - aproximação (m) da terra, ponto ou porto de destino ou escala, aterrissagem (f)

Русский (Russian)
подход к берегу, оползень, приземление, внезапное получение земли в наследство

Español (Spanish)
n. - recalada, arribada, aterrizaje

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - landkänning, landning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
初见陆地, 登陆, 着陆

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 初見陸地, 登陸, 著陸

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 처음 발견한 육지

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 陸地到達, 入港, 着陸, 陸地

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بلوغ اليابسه, ظهور اليابسه لعين المسافر بعد رحله بحريه أو جويه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮התקרבות ליבשה, בייחוד בפעם הראשונה‬

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