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• low country
  low country

  noun

  a low-lying region or area, as the coastal plains of the Carolinas and Georgia.
• low-country
  low-country

  adjective

  Often Low-Country. of or relating to the Low Countries.

low country

¹ American  

noun

1. a low-lying region or area, as the coastal plains of the Carolinas and Georgia.

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low-country ² American  

[loh-kuhn-tree] / ˈloʊˌkʌn tri /

adjective

1. Often Low-Country. of or relating to the Low Countries.

2. of or relating to a low country.

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Etymology

Origin of low-country

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

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“Going through the low country, it’s a place that’s beautiful and curious,” Green said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2023

The movie will delve into the true story of the privileged and wealthy Murdaugh family that created a legal dynasty in South Carolina's low country by handling criminal cases in the state's 14th circuit district.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2023

His only disappointment was not getting into the final group with McIlroy, a power group for a sleepy tournament in the low country.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 22, 2022

“I grew up in low country Georgia, and you had standing water,” Justice Clarence Thomas said.

From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2022

He nudges me, and points to a low country boat passing the ferry.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

His next three restaurants continued exploring Gullah Geechee low-country cooking, but after a decade in the industry, he took a hiatus to study the transatlantic slave trade and its impact on food culture.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2025

He put on his favorite song, Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Born on the Bayou,” a low-country boy feeling a high he’d never experienced, before he realized something important: He hadn’t been offered the job yet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2019

Well-versed in the paths and waterways of the low-country, black guides steered his troops to Charleston, and then up the main rivers into the piedmont.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

Its teeth, fortunately, age well, and are common along low-country coasts from North Carolina to Florida.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 5, 2017

This species exists in most parts of Ceylon, but I have seen it of a larger size at Newera Ellia thin in any of the low-country districts.

From Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon by Sir Samuel White Baker