Lowlands
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A specific application of lowlands, equivalent to low + lands.
Proper noun
[edit]- A mostly low-lying region of Scotland between the Highlands and England.
- 1951 September, M. D. Greville, “From Glasgow to Aberfoyle”, in Railway Magazine, page 580:
- Of the miserable Highland clachan, to which Sir Walter Scott brought Bailie Nicol Jarvie and Frank Osbaldistone for their meeting with the redoubtable Rob Roy, little or nothing remains, and Aberfoyle is now a bright and clean holiday resort, standing on historic ground, where the Highlands and Lowlands meet.
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[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English Lowlands. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: Low‧lands
Proper noun
[edit]Lowlands n
- A village in Sint Maarten
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- nl:Villages in Sint Maarten
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