upland
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upland¹
- /ˈʌplənd/ UK
- /ˈʌplənd/ US
- /ˈəp-/ US
Rhymes with -ʌplənd
Where it comes from
From Middle English upland, from Old English ūpland (“the country”); equivalent to up- + land.
The word as an adjective developed in Middle English.
noun uplands
adjective
- Of, relating to, or situated in the uplands. the race of upland giants
Upland²
proper noun
- A city in San Bernardino County, California.
- A town in Jefferson township, Grant County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Kansas.
- A village in Franklin County, Nebraska.
- A borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
- A ghost town in Upton County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.
- A former rural locality in Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia, merged into Aramac in 2019.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: mountainous, alpine, highland, mountain, subalpine, alpestrine, montane, hilly, mountainside, plateau, land, littoral, ground, dried, earth, highlands
Translations
Every language
noun area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation
| Русский | возвы́шенность vozvýšennostʹ |
|---|---|
| Tiếng Việt | vùng cao |
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title = {upland},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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