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.

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

The new law could not have come soon enough for Native American activists whose ancestors lived in the hill country on the western flanks of the Sierra Nevada range for millennia.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 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