upland

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

Noun

upland (plural uplands)

1. The area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation.
2. (obsolete) The country, as against the town.

Hypernyms

• land

Coordinate terms

• highland
• inland
• lowland
• midland
• outland

Derived terms

• 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) Scottish Gaelic: mullach m

Adjective

upland (not comparable)

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

     the race of upland giants

   • a. 1645, John Milton, L'Allegro:

     Sometimes with secure delight / The upland hamlets will invite,

Anagrams

• Dunlap, land up