tableland

[ tey-buh l-land ]

/ ˈteɪ bəlˌlænd /

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noun

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

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Origin of tableland

First recorded in 1690–1700; table + -land

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Examples from the Web for tableland

After going over this tableland for about twelve miles, we again came down to the river, through a steep and sandy ravine.
Journal of a Trip to California|Charles W. Smith
One set of tracks leads to the west, toward the Pacific coast, the other set to the north, toward the Bolivian tableland.
The Argentine Republic|Pierre Denis
However, the whole of the surface of the tableland cannot be used permanently, or during the entire summer.
The Argentine Republic|Pierre Denis
The Salta line was continued in 1908 to the Bolivian tableland.
The Argentine Republic|Pierre Denis

Hu Dra had disappeared from the tableland as suddenly but not as' tracklessly as a phantom.
Tropic Days|E. J. Banfield

British Dictionary definitions for tableland

tableland

/ (ˈteɪbəlˌlænd) /

noun

flat elevated land; a plateau

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