upland

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. The area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation.
2. (obsolete) The country, as contrasted with the town.

Adj

Of, relating to, or situated in the uplands.

Conceptos

meseta

altura

colina

altiplanicie

altiplano

montañoso

Opuesto a

lowland#Noun, city#Noun, town#Noun, conurbation#Noun

Sinónimos

highland

plateau

eminence

elevation

height

tableland

inland

moorland

hill

elevated plain

tundra

upcountry

type of rice terrace

headstream

table land

upland region

hilly

Traducciones

plateau

Hochland

yüksek

hoogvlakte

altipiano

yayla

υψίπεδο

Plateau

نجو

ορεινή χώρα

ορεινή περιοχή

haut pays

Hochebene

Hochland -s

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈʌplənd/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: upland

Heredado de inglés antiguo: ūpland

In summary

From Middle English upland, from Old English ūpland (“the country”); equivalent to up- + land.
The word as an adjective developed in Middle English.