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hill country

British  

noun

  1. (in North Island) elevated pasture land for sheep or cattle

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She lives in the ward he represented, a remote rural community set in the undulating hill country of KwaZulu-Natal.

From BBC Dec. 3, 2023

Just before school started, I took my kids on a mini vacation to the Texas hill country.

From Scientific American Sep. 8, 2023

Still, many are dubious that this condition had much of a role in the bitter feud with the Hatfields, which played out in the hill country of eastern Kentucky and West Virginia for decades.

From Seattle Times Aug. 4, 2023

Such thoughts are not prevailing in Uvalde, about 80 miles west of San Antonio, 50 miles from east of the Mexico border, and its own place entirely in the middle of Texas hill country.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2022

You’ve been up Kindcreek Road before; it cuts through a wild patch of hill country, flanked by fruiting prickly pears and disheveled oak.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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