Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

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

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

He turns Joy Division’s emotionally strident “Love Will Tear Us Apart” into a day-dreamy road trip through Texas hill country.

From New York Times Apr. 1, 2024

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

Additional 2023 National Heritage Fellows are Mississippi hill country blues musician R.L.

From Seattle Times Feb. 28, 2023

When Indian societies disintegrated from disease and mistreatment, forest invaded savanna in Wisconsin, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, and the Texas hill country.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training