in the mainland vs on the mainland

Both 'in the mainland' and 'on the mainland' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'In the mainland' is used when referring to being inside a specific area or region, while 'on the mainland' is used when referring to being physically located on the landmass itself.

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in the mainland

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to being inside a specific area or region.

Use 'in the mainland' when you want to indicate that something is located inside a particular area or region, such as a country or continent.

Examples:

She lives in the mainland, away from the coast.
There are many beautiful cities in the mainland of the country.

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December 8 - Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba founds the city of Granada, Nicaragua, the oldest Hispanic city in the mainland of the Western Hemisphere.
Back in the mainland, the beaches of Porto Pino in the south of the province and Cala Domestica just before Buggerru in the north are beautiful and deserve a visit.
Krešimir greatly expanded Croatia along the Adriatic coastland and in the mainland eastwards.
During the German and Soviet occupations, whole factories were dismantled and stolen, to be rebuilt in the mainland of the occupying country.
It began an expansion phase in the mainland.
Hinduism is a minority religion in Tanzania, practiced by some 30,000 people (1996) in the mainland and Zanzibar combined.
Curiosities 13/16: The traffic in Venice is regulated like in the mainland by specific road signs (one-way only, no thoroughfare, etc.).
If you are affording enough, you can buy a single or multistory house in the mainland.
It is located on the northern side of the island, built at an altitude of 350 m in the mainland, 8 km from Mandraki.
From the 2nd of June until the 19th of August the yearly appointment at Marghera Village, a summer music festival in the mainland of Venice.
Sea Turtle Volunteer Programs: stay at secluded beaches in Bastimentos Island or at Playa Soropta in the mainland and patrol the coast at night to ensure sea turtles can lay their eggs.
It rarely ventures in the mainland, and usually prefers to take advantage from muddy soils when it does so, as its skin is not suitable for the locomotion on the soil and is relatively subject to bruises and wounds, especially when too dry.
They say, in the mainland, when people get sick,
To get to San Pietro you have two options, both by boat: from Calasetta (in the island of Sant'antioco) and from Portoscuso (in the mainland).
It seems to derive by Prima Cyme, that means near to Cuma, the first Greek colony in the mainland after Ischia's foundation (VII cent. b.C.).
Some species of animals, such as the mouflon, originate on the island, other species, widespread in the mainland, but missing entirely in Sardinia: for example, the viper and all the poisonous snakes, the sparrow, the mole, the wolf.
Our suggestion is leaving your car in the mainland (10 Euro/day) in guarded areas: all the details to do that with the instructions to reach your booked apartment.
Not even the return of Belisarius could stem the Ostrogothic tide: by 550, the East Romans were left with a handful of coastal strongholds in the mainland, and in the spring of that year, Totila even invaded Sicily, the Romans' strategic base.
The Venetian ruling class, unwarlike and too worried about losing the possessions in the mainland, accepts the unbelievable conditions and deliberates the end of the Serenissima!
Day use hotels can be found also in the mainland, from Mestre to Dolo, from Mira to Quarto d'Altino.

Alternatives:

within the mainland
inside the mainland
on the continent

on the mainland

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to being physically located on the landmass itself.

Use 'on the mainland' when you want to indicate that something is physically situated on a landmass, typically in contrast to being on an island or in the water.