| 单词 | white highlands |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWhite Highlands White Highlands n. now historical an area in western Kenya formerly (1904–59) reserved for Europeans. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [noun] > East Africa > Kenya White Highlands1921 1921 Times of India 26 July 14 While these settlers talk glibly of ‘White Highlands’ and the segregation of Indians, they do not object to living in very close quarters with natives who act as domestic servants, cook food, and do all the manual work of the farms. 1957 W. M. Hailey Afr. Surv. (rev. ed.) xi. 719 The reservation of the White Highlands for Europeans prevented the process of expansion by which the more populous tribes would normally have found relief from congestion. 1991 T. Pakenham Scramble for Afr. xxxviii. 677 The British settlers had reserved exclusively for themselves the best farmland, the cool, green ‘White Highlands’ on the railway to Uganda. < as lemmas |
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