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Lowlands

/ ˈləʊləndz /

plural noun

  1. the Lowlands
    a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈLowlander, noun
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Example Sentences

In an isolated patch of lowlands, near the Brazilian border, the convoy stalled, apparently for lack of fuel.

Highland gentlemen of every degree are mostly fond of Gillespie; while operatives from the Lowlands generally prefer plain Scotch.

Each winter they went to the forests of the lowlands where they found shelter from the cold.

By these roads and their various branches the Romans provided adequate communications throughout the lowlands of Britain.

Those from the mountains come down into the lowlands, and those from the villages into the cities.

It came out of malarious lowlands, and over several snowy sierras.

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