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lowland

lowland noun: an area which is considered particularly low or lower than surrounding areas.

Noun

lowland (plural lowlands)

  1. An area which is considered particularly low or lower than surrounding areas.
    • Near-synonyms: bottomland, bottomlands, alluvial plain, floodplain, slough, bayou, marsh, bog, fen, moor, morass
    • The lowland region was prone to flooding during the rainy season.

Adjective capitalized: Lowland

Lowland (not comparable)

  1. (attributive) Relating to the Lowlands of Scotland.
    • Brora coal, costing 10s. a ton, was hauled along the tramway to the station and there mixed with Lowland Scottish coal, brought north by rail and costing twice the local variety. Some of this mixed coal was sent to various destinations along the railway, but most was hauled along the tramway to the...1960 January, Iain D. O. Frew, “The Brora Colliery Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 56

Proper noun capitalized: Lowland

Lowland

  1. An unincorporated community in Pamlico County, North Carolina, United States.

lowland meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Punjabi

lowland in Hindi

निचली भूमि

lowland in Tamil

தாழ்நிலம், தாழ்வான நிலப்பரப்பு

lowland in Bengali

নিম্নভূমি

lowland in Punjabi

ਨੀਵੀਂ ਜ਼ਮੀਨ, ਨੀਵੀਂ ਭੂਮੀ
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lowland in Gujarati
નીચાણવાળી ભૂમિ
lowland in Odia
ନିମ୍ନଭୂମି
lowland in Nepali
तल्लो भूमि, तल्लो भूभाग
lowland in Tagalog
labak, pita
lowland in Malay
tanah pamah, tanah rendah
lowland in Indonesian
dataran rendah

Examples of lowland in a sentence

  • Moonrats are a lowland forest species which feed primarily on worms and arthropods.
  • Piping-guans (Pipile) are primarily lowland species, whereas numerous monospecific (single-species genus) taxa of guans (i.e.
  • Eskers tend to follow valleys and lowlands, carefully picking a course between obstacles.

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Synonyms of lowland

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Forms of lowland

plurallowlands

Plural of lowland: lowlands

Origin of lowland

From low + land.

Words formed from lowland

Phrases with lowland

Questions about lowland

What does lowland mean?
Lowland means an area which is considered particularly low or lower than surrounding areas.
What is lowland in Hindi?
Lowland in Hindi is निचली भूमि. See Lowland meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is lowland?
Lowland can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
What is the plural of lowland?
The plural of lowland is lowlands.

Words near lowland in the dictionary

  1. lowkenuinely
  2. lowkey
  3. lowkirk
  4. lowkirkenuinely
  5. lowkirkuinely
  6. lowland
  7. lowland paca
  8. lowland pacas
  9. Lowland Scots
  10. lowlander
  11. lowlanders

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lowland (page history and authors); Lowland (page history and authors); lowland (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lowland (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lowland (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lowland (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lowland (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lowland (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lowland (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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