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)

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

Hypernyms

land

Coordinate terms

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)
Polish: wysoczyzna (pl) f
Russian: возвы́шенность (ru) f (vozvýšennostʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: mullach m
Ukrainian: височина́ f (vysočyná)

Adjective

upland (not comparable)

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

Anagrams

Dunlap, land up

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