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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

Evacuation orders were issued for 4,000 residents as flames spread rapidly in the brush-covered hill country.

From Seattle Times Nov. 1, 2023

Just before school started, I took my kids on a mini vacation to the Texas hill country.

From Scientific American Sep. 8, 2023

At Levadura de Olla, for instance, the chef Thalía Barrios García prepares food straight out of the remote hill country south of the city where she grew up.

From New York Times Nov. 17, 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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