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Lowlands

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Low·lands  (llndz)
A region of Scotland lying south of the Highlands.

Lowland adj.
Lowland·er n.

Lowlands [ˈləʊləndz]
pl n
(Placename) the. a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
Lowlander  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.LowlandsLowlands - the southern part of Scotland that is not mountainous
Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
Translations
lowlands [ˈləʊləndz] nplplaines fpl
low-level [ˌləʊˈlɛvəl] adj
(in altitude) [ground] → bas*(basse); [flying] → à basse altitude
[radiation] → faible
[job] → subalterne
[talks, discussions] → préparatoire
low-loader [ˌləʊˈləʊdər] nsemi-remorque f à plate-forme surbaissée


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This appeal is not always a charm, for there are estuaries of a particularly dispiriting ugliness: lowlands, mud- flats, or perhaps barren sandhills without beauty of form or amenity of aspect, covered with a shabby and scanty vegetation conveying the impression of poverty and uselessness.
The situation of Windygates had been skillfully chosen in that part of the county where the fertile lowlands first begin to merge into the mountain region beyond.
The journey over the intervening uplands and lowlands of Egdon, when she reached them, was a more troublesome walk than she had anticipated, the distance being actually but a few miles.
 
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