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Upland
//ˈʌplənd// adj, name, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of, relating to, or situated in the uplands. not-comparable
"the race of upland giants"
Adjective
- 1 used of high or hilly country wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A number of places in the United States:; A city in San Bernardino County, California.
- 2 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Jefferson township, Grant County, Indiana.
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Kansas.
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Franklin County, Nebraska.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; A borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Upton County, Texas.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia.
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.
- 9 A former rural locality in Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia, merged into Aramac in 2019.
Noun
- 1 The area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation.
"Near-synonyms: highland, upcountry"
- 2 elevated (e.g., mountainous) land wordnet
- 3 The country, as contrasted with the town. obsolete
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English upland, from Old English ūpland (“the country”); equivalent to up- + land. The word as an adjective developed in Middle English.
Etymology 2
From Middle English upland, from Old English ūpland (“the country”); equivalent to up- + land. The word as an adjective developed in Middle English.
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