hill-countryn.

Etymology: hill n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhill-ˌcountry.

A district composed of hills or elevated ground.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > [noun]

downlandeOE

downOE

highlandOE

high country1445

wold1472

high ground1489

upland1566

hill-country1582

Chiltern1627

downs country1791

altitude1853

upwold1875

top-land1877

1582 Bible (Rheims) Luke i. 39 Marie..went vnto the hil countrie with speed.

1789 G. White Nat. Hist. Selborne 2 The down..is a pleasing park-like spot..jutting out on the verge of the hill-country.

1816 U. Brown Jrnl. in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1915) 10 283 A handsome hill country in a good state of cultivation.

1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys xv. 133 The slow, ponderous vehicle went..creaking on, up into the hill-country.

1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 20 The church of Bargrennan is well attended by people from the hill-country around.

1903 Westm. Gaz. 14 Jan. 2/1 The Surrey hill-country.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	hill-country
释义	hill-countryn. Etymology: hill n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhill-ˌcountry. A district composed of hills or elevated ground. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > [noun] downlandeOE downOE highlandOE high country1445 wold1472 high ground1489 upland1566 hill-country1582 Chiltern1627 downs country1791 altitude1853 upwold1875 top-land1877 1582 Bible (Rheims) Luke i. 39 Marie..went vnto the hil countrie with speed. 1789 G. White Nat. Hist. Selborne 2 The down..is a pleasing park-like spot..jutting out on the verge of the hill-country. 1816 U. Brown Jrnl. in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1915) 10 283 A handsome hill country in a good state of cultivation. 1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys xv. 133 The slow, ponderous vehicle went..creaking on, up into the hill-country. 1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 20 The church of Bargrennan is well attended by people from the hill-country around. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 14 Jan. 2/1 The Surrey hill-country. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1582
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