hill country

noun

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

Nearby words

hildesheim, hilding, hilitis, hill, hill climb, hill country, hill myna, hill mynah, hill of beans, hill operation, hill station

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Examples from the Web for hill country

And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill-country with haste, into a city of Juda.
The Miraculous Conception|Anonymous
The Sacramento runs through a great inclined plane, sloping from the hill-country to the sea.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444|Various
I can seem to hear her voice even now, she was very old, and it quavered and quivered like one of our hill-country dulcimers!
The Mark of the Beast|Sidney Watson
They were a labour unit, explained the young Armenian, and their work was to make roads and tracks across the hill-country.
Eastern Nights - and Flights|Alan Bott

Once and for all the hill-country should be rid of its scourge.
Bob, Son of Battle|Alfred Ollivant