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Driftless Area

Driftless Area proper noun: a hilly region in the midwestern United States that escaped glaciation during the last ice age.

Proper noun

the Driftless Area

  1. A hilly region in the midwestern United States that escaped glaciation during the last ice age.

Origin of Driftless Area

So named because the area is relatively free of glacial drift.

Questions about Driftless Area

What does Driftless Area mean?
Driftless Area means a hilly region in the midwestern United States that escaped glaciation during the last ice age.
What part of speech is Driftless Area?
Driftless Area is a proper noun.

Words near Driftless Area in the dictionary

  1. driftingness
  2. driftings
  3. driftland
  4. driftlands
  5. driftless
  6. Driftless Area
  7. driftlessly
  8. driftlessness
  9. driftlet
  10. driftlets
  11. driftling

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