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See also: Upland
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English upland, from Old English ūpland (“the country”); equivalent to up- + land.
The word as an adjective developed in Middle English.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʌplənd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʌplənd/, /ˈəp-/
- Rhymes: -ʌplənd
- Hyphenation: up‧land
Noun
[edit]upland (plural uplands)
- The area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation.
- (obsolete) The country, as against the town.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation
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Adjective
[edit]upland (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or situated in the uplands.
- c. 1624, George Chapman, transl., Batrachomyomachia:
- the race of upland giants
- a. 1645, John Milton, L'Allegro[1]:
- Sometimes with secure delight / The upland hamlets will invite,
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