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tableland

American  
[tay-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  
/ tā′bəl-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

He is to look down upon river, lake, jungle, snow-capped mountain, desert, steppe, tableland.

From Time Magazine Archive

The former princely state of Hyderabad lies diamond-like on the plush-green tableland of southern India.

From Time Magazine Archive

Somewhere in the desolate tableland south of Zaragoza the main line to Barcelona was severed.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the deer broke from the fern at the edge of the tableland Jimmy did not shoot.

From Northwest! by Harold Bindloss

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