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Upland

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Up·land  (plnd)
A city of southern California east of Los Angeles. Population: 73,400.
up·land  (plnd, -lnd)
n.
1. Land or an area of land of high elevation, especially when level.
2. Land in the interior of a country.
adj.
Of, relating to, or located in an upland.
upland [ˈʌplənd]
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) an area of high or relatively high ground
adj
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) relating to or situated in an upland
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Upland - elevated (e.g., mountainous) landupland - elevated (e.g., mountainous) land    
highland
down - (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
natural elevation, elevation - a raised or elevated geological formation
plateau, tableland - a relatively flat highland
Adj.1.Upland - used of high or hilly countryupland - used of high or hilly country        
highland
lowland - of relatively low or level country
Translations
upland [ˈʌplənd]
A. N → tierra f alta, meseta f uplands → tierras fpl altas
B. ADJ → de la meseta
upland
n (usu pl) → Hochland nt no pl
adj → Hochland-; upland area → Hochlandgebiet nt
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Some two hundred feet below, a brawling upland stream stood for the moat, and for the enemy there was on the opposite side of the valley a great green company of trees, settled like a cloud slope upon slope, making all haste to cross the river and ascend the heights where I stood.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
He is refreshing himself, in the midst of dusty, sophisticated Paris, with memories of their old, delightful existence--vagabonde, libre, agreste, pastorale--in their upland valley.
The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context
When they came out of the woods, all his attention was engrossed by the view of the fallow land on the upland, in parts yellow with grass, in parts trampled and checkered with furrows, in parts dotted with ridges of dung, and in parts even ploughed.
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