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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
Translations lowlands [ˈləʊləndz] npl → plaines fpl low-level [ˌləʊˈlɛvəl] adj [radiation] → faible [job] → subalterne [talks, discussions] → préparatoire low-loader [ˌləʊˈləʊdər] n → semi-remorque f à plate-forme surbaissée How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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