upland

See also: Upland

English

Etymology

From Middle English upland, from Old English ūpland (“the country”); equivalent to up- +‎ land.

The word as an adjective developed in Middle English.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʌplənd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʌplənd/, /ˈəp-/
• Rhymes: -ʌplənd
• Hyphenation: up‧land

Noun

upland (plural uplands)

2. The area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation.

   Antonym: lowland

   Hypernyms: land; area; region

   Coordinate terms: inland, midland, outland

   Near-synonyms: highland, upcountry

4. (obsolete) The country, as contrasted with the town.

   Antonyms: city, town, conurbation

Derived terms

• Dnieper Upland
• Kersey Upland
• Southern Uplands
• sunlit uplands, sunny uplands
• upland cotton (Gossypium barbadense)
• uplander
• uplandish
• upland moccasin
• upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
• upland sumach

Translations

area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation

Bulgarian: възвишение (bg) (vǎzvišenie) Esperanto: altaĵaro Finnish: ylänkö (fi) Irish: ardtalamh m or f, talamh ard m or f Macedonian: возвише́ние n (vozvišénie) Ottoman Turkish: یایلا (yayla) Polish: wysoczyzna (pl) f Russian: возвы́шенность (ru) f (vozvýšennostʹ) Scottish Gaelic: mullach m Tày: búng slung Ukrainian: височина́ f (vysočyná) Vietnamese: vùng cao

Adjective

upland (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or situated in the uplands.
   • c. 1624, George Chapman, transl., Batrachomyomachia:

     the race of upland giants

   • a. 1645, John Milton, L'Allegro‎:

     Sometimes with secure delight / The upland hamlets will invite,

Derived terms

• upland antshrike
• upland boneset
• upland goose
• upland moa
• upland plover

Anagrams

• Dunlap, land up