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upland

Syllables: up·land/ˈʌplənd/US/ˈʌplənd/

upland noun: the area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation.

Noun

upland (plural uplands)

  1. The area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation.
    • Near-synonyms: highland, upcountry
    Synonyms:
    highland, upcountry
    Antonyms:
    lowland
  2. (obsolete) The country, as contrasted with the town.
    Antonyms:
    city, town, conurbation

Adjective

upland (not comparable)

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

Proper noun capitalized: Upland

Upland

  1. A city in San Bernardino County, California.
  2. A town in Jefferson township, Grant County, Indiana.
  3. An unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Kansas.
  4. A village in Franklin County, Nebraska.
  5. A borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
  6. A ghost town in Upton County, Texas.
  7. An unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia.
  8. An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.
  9. A former rural locality in Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia, merged into Aramac in 2019.

upland meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Persian

upland in Tamil

உயர்நிலம், மேனிலம்

upland in Malayalam

ഉയർന്ന തലം, കുന്നിൻപ്രദേശം, മലമ്പ്രദേശം, ഉയർന്നഭൂമി

upland in Kannada

ಎತ್ತರ ಪ್ರದೇಶ

upland in Persian

area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation
سردسیر sardsir, ییلاق yeylāq, تابستانگاه tābestāngāh
More languagesFewer languages
upland in Vietnamese
vùng cao

Examples of upland in a sentence

  • Upland sandpipers are also sometimes called upland plovers or Bartram's sandpipers.
  • It has densely populated urban areas, steep uplands dotted with tiny aboriginal villages and everything in between.
  • Male upland geese are highly territorial and will battle it out with any intruders.

All 28 example sentences with upland

Synonyms of upland

Antonyms

Forms of upland

pluraluplands

Plural of upland: uplands

Origin of upland

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

Words formed from upland

Phrases with upland

Questions about upland

What does upland mean?
Upland means the area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation.
What is upland in Tamil?
Upland in Tamil is உயர்நிலம், மேனிலம். See Upland meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is upland?
Upland can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce upland?
Upland is pronounced /ˈʌplənd/ (UK).
What is the plural of upland?
The plural of upland is uplands.

Words near upland in the dictionary

  1. upknitting
  2. UPL
  3. upla
  4. upladder
  5. uplaid
  6. upland
  7. upland antshrike
  8. upland antshrikes
  9. upland boneset
  10. upland bonesets
  11. upland geese

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: upland (page history and authors); Upland (page history and authors); upland (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); upland (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); upland (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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