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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

In its place he substituted a picture of a fertile, high tableland of national income, its rare air oxygenated by Federally subsidized public works, after defense spending ends.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Maquis, about 600 strong, were entrenched on the Plateau des Gli�res, a tableland in southeastern France near the Swiss border.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the distance rises 2,117-foot Sutter Buttes, which passes for a mountain range in this sunbaked, mosquito-plagued tableland some 40 miles north of Sacramento.

From Time Magazine Archive

He rode away in search of the tribe, and after a long ride found them encamped on a tableland.

From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Stables, Gordon

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