lowland
noun
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lowland
American
[loh-luhnd]
/ ˈloʊ lənd /
noun
adjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of a lowland or lowlands.
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(initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lowlands of Scotland or the speech of this area.
lowland
1
British
/ ˈləʊlənd /
noun
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relatively low ground
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(often plural) a low generally flat region
adjective
Lowland
2
British
/ ˈləʊlənd /
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of lowland
Vocabulary lists containing lowland
The United States
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Example Sentences
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In the lowland areas that include Los Angeles, rattlesnakes have underground burrows that are home to one or maybe two snakes, Taylor said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
The land, situated on the Somerset Levels and Moors, is one of the few areas in the UK that still holds deep lowland peat - which are waterlogged wetland ecosystems.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
Field data was gathered in 2022 and 2023 across different elevations in East Africa and South America, including cool mountain forests, hot tropical rainforests, and lowland savannas.
From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026
The author has a gift for describing pristine lowland forests and the majesty of trees more than 1,000 years old, and equal deftness in showing the horror of their devastation by logging and fire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
Half of its farmland is devoted to labor-intensive, high-yield, irrigated rice agriculture, facilitated by abundant rivers flowing from the wet mountains onto sloping lowland plains.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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