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tableland

American  
[tey-buhl-land] / ˈteɪ bəlˌlænd /

noun

  1. an elevated and generally level region of considerable extent; plateau.


tableland British  
/ ˈteɪbəlˌlænd /

noun

  1. flat elevated land; a plateau

"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

tableland Scientific  
/ tābəl-lănd′ /
  1. A flat, elevated region, such as a plateau or mesa.


Etymology

Origin of tableland

First recorded in 1690–1700; table + -land

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In every direction, reddish-brown tableland sprawled to the horizon, broken here and there by pinyon-juniper forest.

From New York Times Jun. 5, 2015

Their road led across the highest tableland in the world, the Karakoram plateau of northern Tibet.

From Time Magazine Archive

North Anchor of the British blockade in the Atlantic is the volcanic tableland called Iceland, which, until April 10, shared Christian X with Denmark as her King.

From Time Magazine Archive

Restless, he wanders to the edge of the tableland and has an experience no lizard has had before.

From Time Magazine Archive

Range.—"Mexican tableland north casually to Sutton County, Texas."

From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Chapman, Frank M.

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