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hill country

British  

noun

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

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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

Currently only the state’s Naga and Kuki peoples, who inhabit the rugged hill country, enjoy this designation, which among other things gives an advantage in securing government jobs.

From New York Times • May 6, 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

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

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