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• upland
  upland

  noun

  land elevated above other land.
• Upland
  Upland

  noun

  a city in S California.

upland

¹ American  

[uhp-luhnd, -land] / ˈʌp lənd, -ˌlænd /

noun

1. land elevated above other land.

2. the higher ground of a region or district; an elevated region.

3. land or an area of land lying above the level where water flows or where flooding occurs.

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adjective

1. of or relating to uplands or elevated regions.

Upland ² American  

[uhp-luhnd] / ˈʌp lənd /

noun

1. a city in S California.

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upland British  

/ ˈʌplənd /

noun

1. an area of high or relatively high ground

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adjective

1. relating to or situated in an upland

Other Word Forms

• uplander
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of upland

First recorded in 1560–70; up- + land

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Example Sentences

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upland Upland

Forest Service, are overgrown because of decades of fire suppression, and that thinning them out through controlled burns would help reduce the amount of water absorbed by upland vegetation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The privately owned reserve is working closely with conservationists in upland areas, such as the Yorkshire Dales, where the curlew population is healthier.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Professor Davy McCracken, from Scotland's Rural College, has spent 35 years studying upland management and wildlife.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

History is not a world-spirit moving inexorably towards some breezy, sunlit upland of wisdom.

From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026

To biologists, the apparent fertility of the upland forest is a sham.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Etiwanda 3, Upland 1: The Baseline League champions continue to move up the Division 1 rankings.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

"Upland forests are like natural rainmakers," Jiang said.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2025

The district council is spending £2m upgrading playgrounds across the town, with work set to start on Upland Grove Park.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025

Anna previously shattered the women's record for running the Southern Upland Way in 2021, completing the 212-mile course from Portpatrick to Cockburnspath in 62 hours and 34 minutes.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2025

All day long, too, our big guns, hidden away behind the groves and woods above Epping Upland, poured their heavy projectiles on Epping and its defences.

From The Invasion by William Le Queux

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