"upland" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈʌplənd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʌplənd/ [General-American], /ˈəp-/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-upland.wav
Rhymes: -ʌplənd Etymology: From Middle English upland, from Old English ūpland (“the country”); equivalent to up- + land. The word as an adjective developed in Middle English. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|upland}} Middle English upland, {{inh|en|ang|ūpland|t=the country}} Old English ūpland (“the country”), {{pre|en|up|land}} up- + land Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} upland (not comparable)
  1. Of, relating to, or situated in the uplands. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: upland antshrike, upland boneset, upland goose, upland moa, upland plover
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Noun

IPA: /ˈʌplənd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʌplənd/ [General-American], /ˈəp-/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-upland.wav Forms: uplands [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌplənd Etymology: From Middle English upland, from Old English ūpland (“the country”); equivalent to up- + land. The word as an adjective developed in Middle English. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|upland}} Middle English upland, {{inh|en|ang|ūpland|t=the country}} Old English ūpland (“the country”), {{pre|en|up|land}} up- + land Head templates: {{en-noun}} upland (plural uplands)
  1. The area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation. Synonyms: highland, upcountry Hypernyms: land, ;, area, ;, region Coordinate_terms: inland, midland, outland Translations (area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation): възвишение (vǎzvišenie) (Bulgarian), altaĵaro (Esperanto), ylänkö (Finnish), ardtalamh [feminine, masculine] (Irish), talamh ard [feminine, masculine] (Irish), возвише́ние (vozvišénie) [neuter] (Macedonian), یایلا (yayla) (Ottoman Turkish), سردسیر (sardsir) (Persian), ییلاق (yeylāq) (Persian), تابستانگاه (tābestāngāh) (Persian), wysoczyzna [feminine] (Polish), возвы́шенность (vozvýšennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), mullach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), búng slung (Tày), височина́ (vysočyná) [feminine] (Ukrainian), vùng cao (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-upland-en-noun-en:interior_of_country_with_generally_higher_elevation Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English terms prefixed with up- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 33 46 21 Disambiguation of 'area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation': 91 9
  2. (obsolete) The country, as contrasted with the town. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-upland-en-noun-en:the_country__rural_area__as_opposed_to_the_town_or_city
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Dnieper Upland, Kersey Upland, Southern Uplands, sunlit uplands, sunny uplands, upland cotton (taxonomic: Gossypium barbadense), uplander, uplandish, upland moccasin, upland sandpiper (taxonomic: Bartramia longicauda), upland sumach

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "up",
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    }
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          "word": "outland"
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        "The area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation."
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          "word": ";"
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          "word": "area"
        },
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          "word": ";"
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          "word": "region"
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      ],
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        {
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        },
        {
          "word": "upcountry"
        }
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    },
    {
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        {
          "word": "city"
        },
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          "word": "town"
        },
        {
          "word": "conurbation"
        }
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        "The country, as contrasted with the town."
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        "(obsolete) The country, as contrasted with the town."
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        "en:the country, rural area, as opposed to the town or city"
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        "obsolete"
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      "ipa": "/ˈʌplənd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈʌplənd/",
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        "General-American"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈəp-/",
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        "General-American"
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      "rhymes": "-ʌplənd"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "vǎzvišenie",
      "sense": "area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation",
      "word": "възвишение"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation",
      "word": "altaĵaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation",
      "word": "ylänkö"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ardtalamh"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "talamh ard"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "vozvišénie",
      "sense": "area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "возвише́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "roman": "yayla",
      "sense": "area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation",
      "word": "یایلا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "roman": "sardsir",
      "sense": "area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation",
      "word": "سردسیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "roman": "yeylāq",
      "sense": "area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation",
      "word": "ییلاق"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "roman": "tābestāngāh",
      "sense": "area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation",
      "word": "تابستانگاه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wysoczyzna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "vozvýšennostʹ",
      "sense": "area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "возвы́шенность"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "sense": "area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mullach"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyz",
      "lang": "Tày",
      "lang_code": "tyz",
      "sense": "area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation",
      "word": "búng slung"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "vysočyná",
      "sense": "area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "височина́"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation",
      "word": "vùng cao"
    }
  ],
  "word": "upland"
}

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    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
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    {
      "word": "upland antshrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "upland boneset"
    },
    {
      "word": "upland goose"
    },
    {
      "word": "upland moa"
    },
    {
      "word": "upland plover"
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈʌplənd/",
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌplənd"
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  ],
  "word": "upland"
}

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