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ˈhill-ˌcountry
[hill n. 4.]
A district composed of hills or elevated ground.
1582N. T. (Rhem.) Luke i. 39 Marie..went vnto the hil countrie with speed. 1789G. White Selborne i. i. 2 The down..is a pleasing park-like spot..jutting out on the verge of the hill-country. 1816U. Brown Jrnl. in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1915) X. 283 A handsome hill country in a good state of cultivation. 1865A. D. Whitney Gayworthys xv. 133 The slow, ponderous vehicle went..creaking on, up into the hill-country. 1875W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 20 The church of Bargrennan is well attended by people from the hill-country around. 1903Westm. Gaz. 14 Jan. 2/1 The Surrey hill-country. |