tableland
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tableland
Vocabulary lists containing tableland
East Asia - Middle School
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Example Sentences
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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
Belmonte presided over his 3,500-acre ranch on the grassy Andalusian tableland 40 miles south of Seville.
From Time Magazine Archive
Flying on surgical calls over Southern Rhodesia's 150.300 square miles of 4,000-ft.-high tableland, Sir Godfrey came to know more of his country than most Prime Ministers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
On the first day of the first month, New Year’s day, Noah removed the covering of the ark, which seems to have stranded on the Armenian tableland, and looked out upon the new world.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Dods, Marcus
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