upland

See also:Upland

English

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishupland,fromOld Englishūpland(“the country”);equivalent toup-+‎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(pluraluplands)

1. Theareain theinteriorof acountrywith agenerallyhigherelevation.
2. (obsolete)Thecountry,as against thetown.

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:ardtalamhmorf,talamh ardmorf
• Macedonian:возвише́ниеn(vozvišénie)
• Polish:wysoczyzna(pl)f
• Russian:возвы́шенность(ru)f(vozvýšennostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic:mullachm
• Tày:búng slung
• Ukrainian:височина́f(vysočyná)
• Vietnamese:vùng cao

Adjective

upland(notcomparable)

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

     the race ofuplandgiants

   • a.1645,John Milton,L'Allegro‎^[1]:

     Sometimes with secure delight / Theuplandhamlets will invite,

Derived terms

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

Anagrams

• Dunlap,land up