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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

Its two acres of level tableland formed of whitish rock, sheering out of the sea and covered only with stunted growth, looked good to her.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Northwest! by Bindloss, Harold

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