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upland
/ˈʌplənd/
name 5noun 2adj 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
cold, particular, secure
VERB + UPLAND
chose, delight, got, race
UPLAND + NOUN
area, bajoeng, giants, hamlets, village
PREP.
in, into
Definitions
noun
1
The area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation.
Near-synonyms: highland, upcountry
2
The country, as contrasted with the town.
adj
1
Of, relating to, or situated in the uplands.
the race of upland giants
Sometimes with secure delight / The upland hamlets will invite,
name
1
A number of places in the United States:
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Near-synonyms: highland, upcountry
Wiktionary02
the race of upland giants
Wiktionary03
Sometimes with secure delight / The upland hamlets will invite,
Wiktionary04
Mead and Bateson chose the upland village of Bajoeng Gede for their research, because a lack of iodine in the villagers' diet made them slow of speech.
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They had a load of coals behind them—a fuel that could only be got into the upland by this particular route.
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The agency says its biggest challenge so far has been providing enough shelter from the rain and cold in this upland area.
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