"lowland" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lowland.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lowlands [plural]
Etymology: From low + land. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|low|land}} low + land Head templates: {{en-noun}} lowland (plural lowlands)
  1. An area which is considered particularly low or lower than surrounding areas. Categories (topical): Geography Categories (place): Landforms Derived forms: lowland paca, lowlander, Lowlands, Lowland Scots, St Minver Lowlands Related terms: netherlands Translations (area which is lower than surroundings): kababan (Bikol Central), низина (nizina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), долина (dolina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 低地 (dīdì) (Chinese Mandarin), nížina [feminine] (Czech), lavland [neuter] (Danish), laagland [neuter] (Dutch), malaltaĵo (Esperanto), malaltejo (Esperanto), láglendi [neuter] (Faroese), slættlendi [neuter] (Faroese), alanko (Finnish), plaine [feminine] (French), basse terre [feminine] (French), დაბლობი (dablobi) (Georgian), Tiefebene [feminine] (German), Tiefland [neuter] (German), Flachland [neuter] (German), láglendi [neuter] (Icelandic), alanikko (Ingrian), alanne (Ingrian), alanko (Ingrian), ísealchríoch [feminine] (Irish), 低地 (teichi) (alt: ていち) (Japanese), 저지 (jeoji) (Korean), ни́зина (nízina) [feminine] (Macedonian), tanah pamah (Malay), tanah rendah (Malay), raorao (Maori), nizina [feminine] (Polish), baixada [feminine] (Portuguese), șes (Romanian), ни́зменность (nízmennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), низи́на (nizína) [feminine] (Russian), низина [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), низија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nizina [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nizija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nížina [feminine] (Slovak), tierra baja [feminine] (Spanish), labak (Tagalog), pita (Tagalog)

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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "area which is lower than surroundings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baixada"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "area which is lower than surroundings",
      "word": "șes"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nízmennostʹ",
      "sense": "area which is lower than surroundings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ни́зменность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nizína",
      "sense": "area which is lower than surroundings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "низи́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "area which is lower than surroundings",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "низина"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "area which is lower than surroundings",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "низија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "area which is lower than surroundings",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nizina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "area which is lower than surroundings",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nizija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "area which is lower than surroundings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nížina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "area which is lower than surroundings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tierra baja"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "area which is lower than surroundings",
      "word": "labak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "area which is lower than surroundings",
      "word": "pita"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lowland"
}

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