flatland

English

Etymology

From flat +‎ land.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈflatlənd/, /ˈflatland/
• Hyphenation: flat‧land

Noun

flatland (plural flatlands)

1. Synonym of plain (“land of relatively constant altitude”)
   • 2024 October 30, Paul Bigland, “The heat is on... and will the railway fray?”, in RAIL, number 1021, page 48:

     After crossing the flatlands Lincoln, with its magnificent hilltop cathedral, comes into view before we pull into the station, with its lovely Tudor revival-style buildings.

2. (Ireland, colloquial) An urban region with many flats or apartments to rent.
   • 2005, Esme Conway, Into Angels, page 18:

     Back then, at eighteen, in her humble bed-sit, in Dublin's 'flatland', she was lonely.

Derived terms

• flatlander

References

• Flatland (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia