flatland
noun
a region that lacks appreciable topographic relief.
flatlands
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pluralof flatland.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Ukrainians argue that stopping the Russians if they reached the flatlands would be much harder.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
The bulk of homes were in the flatlands, built on a grid with multiple escape routes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2025
Gilchrist was born in 1935 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and spent part of her childhood on a remote plantation in the flatlands of the Mississippi Delta.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
Homer French resides in a mountain wilderness, dry and sparsely populated, with panoramic views that include hazy intimations of gridded settlement in the flatlands below.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
In papyrus reeds and desolate flatlands on the western shore of Lake Victoria facing the Sese Is- lands, there is a fishing village called Kasensero.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
