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up·land
I. \ˈəplənd, -ˌland, -ˌlaa(ə)nd\ noun
Etymology: Middle English uppeland, upland, from uppe land in the country, from uppe on (from Old English, from uppe, adverb, on high) + land — more at up, land
: the rural parts of a country : country
II. adjective
Etymology: Middle English upland, from uppeland, upland, n.
archaic : of or relating to the country : rustic, provincial
< Christianity was still an exotic religion, professed by the court, but resisted by a stubborn upland heathenism — F.M.Stenton >
III. noun
Etymology: up (II) + land
1.
a. : high land especially far from the sea : plateau
b. : a region of high land
2.
a. : ground elevated above the lowlands along rivers or between hills : land above flood level
b. : an area of land above flood level
3. : upland cotton — usually used in plural but sing. or plural in constr.
IV. adjective
: of or relating to high land: as
a. : situated on high land especially away from the sea
< an upland village >
< upland provinces >
b.
(1) : living in a relatively high region especially away from water : frequenting high ground
< the woodcock is considered an upland bird though in reality he belongs to the shore bird family — Handbk. on Shotgun Shooting >
(2) : of or relating to upland game
< upland hunting >
< used their favorite upland guns — Catalog: Remington Trap & Skeet Equipment >
c. : growing, occurring, or developed on high land
< upland floras — Journal of Geology >
< pollens seem likely to bring into a deposit a representation of forms farther from the sedimentary basin and more upland to it — S.A.Cain >
V. adverb
Etymology: up (IV) + land
: in the interior or higher regions |