upland
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See also: Upland
Etymology
From Middle English upland, from Old English ūpland (“the country”); equivalent to up- + land.
The word as an adjective developed in Middle English.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʌplənd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʌplənd/, /ˈəp-/
- Rhymes: -ʌplənd
- Hyphenation: up‧land
Noun
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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Derived terms
- sunlit uplands, sunny uplands
- upland cotton (Gossypium barbadense)
- uplander
- uplandish
- upland moccasin
- upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
- upland sumach
Translations
area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation
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Adjective
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:
- Sometimes with secure delight / The upland hamlets will invite,
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