upland

Etymology

From Middle English upland, from Old English ūpland (“the country”); equivalent to up- + land. The word as an adjective developed in Middle English.

noun

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

adj

  1. Of, relating to, or situated in the uplands.
    the race of upland giants c. 1624, George Chapman, transl., Batrachomyomachia
    Sometimes with secure delight / The upland hamlets will invite, a. 1645, John Milton, L'Allegro

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