lowland
noun
low·land
| \ ˈlō-lənd
, -ˌland\
, -ˌland\
Definition of lowland
(Entry 1 of 2)
: low or level country
lowland
adjectiveDefinition of lowland (Entry 2 of 2)
1
capitalized
: of or relating to the Lowlands of Scotland
2
: of or relating to a lowland
Examples of lowland in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Across windblown hills and lowlands lie the Choctaw, Cherokee and Chickasaw nations. — Los Angeles Times, "Cultural Divide: All 77 counties voted for Trump. These musicians are fighting to turn Oklahoma blue," 5 Sep. 2019 His team is also using the lake sediment cores to study whether drought played a role in the eventual abandonment of the Maya lowlands. — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, "Warring Maya kingdoms razed enemy cities to the ground," 6 Aug. 2019 In one of Canada’s most isolated places linked by road, on the edge of the Hudson Bay lowlands in Manitoba, heavily armed officers with dogs, drones, helicopters and an armored vehicle are hunting for the two suspects in bush, swamp and forest. — Ian Austen, New York Times, "Teenage Murder Suspects Vanish Into Canada’s Wilderness," 28 July 2019 Generally, highland tequilas tend to be more floral and citrus while lowland varieties carry more earthy notes. — Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, "Celebrate National Tequila Day with twists on classic tastes," 24 July 2019 The property features a mixed forest of mature oak, jack pine, white pine and red pine as well as lowland conifers near the river, including cedar. — Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, "Michigan adds 1,000-acre forest near Au Sable to public lands," 8 Aug. 2019 In the Amazonian lowlands of Yaguas National Park, different types of rivers that contain distinct forms of aquatic life mix during the rainy season as forests flood. — Joanna Klein, New York Times, "Peru Moves to Protect ‘One of the Last Great Intact Forests’," 14 Feb. 2018 Cox’s Bazar, a lowland coastal district where about a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have been stuck after fleeing violence, has not been spared. — Amy Gunia, Time, "Millions Displaced as Monsoon Floods Hit India, Nepal and Bangladesh," 16 July 2019 Last month a mountainside collapsed, taking with it part of a new motorway linking Bogotá with the south-eastern lowlands. — The Economist, "Can Colombia’s President Iván Duque find his feet?," 22 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'lowland.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for lowland
lowland
noun
English Language Learners Definition of lowland
: an area where the land is at, near, or below the level of the sea and where there are not usually mountains or large hills
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lowland
noun
low·land
| \ ˈlō-lənd
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Kids Definition of lowland
: low flat country
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