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lowland

adj · name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Relating to the Lowlands of Scotland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: attributive, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An area which is considered particularly low or lower than surrounding areas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bottomland, bottomlands, alluvial plain, floodplain, slough, bayou, marsh, bog, fen, moor, morass

Antonyms: highland, highlands, upland, uplands, upcountry

4

adjective

Meaning 4

of relatively low or level country

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: upland

5

noun

Meaning 5

low level country

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: highland

Broader terms: natural depression, depression

Narrower terms: landfill, Lowlands, Lowlands of Scotland

History

Etymology

From low + land.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Central Bikol: kababan — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Bulgarian: низина (nizina) — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Bulgarian: долина (dolina) — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Catalan: terra baixa — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Chinese Mandarin: 低地 (dīdì) — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Czech: nížina — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Danish: lavland — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Dutch: laagland — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Esperanto: malaltaĵo — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Esperanto: malaltejo — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Faroese: láglendi — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Faroese: slættlendi — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Finnish: alanko — area which is lower than surroundings
  • French: plaine — area which is lower than surroundings
  • French: basse terre — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Georgian: დაბლობი (dablobi) — area which is lower than surroundings
  • German: Tiefebene — area which is lower than surroundings
  • German: Tiefland — area which is lower than surroundings
  • German: Flachland — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Icelandic: láglendi — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Indonesian: dataran rendah — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Ingrian: alanikko — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Ingrian: alanne — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Ingrian: alanko — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Irish: ísealchríoch — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Italian: bassopiano — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Japanese: 低地 (teichi) — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Korean: 저지 (jeoji) — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Macedonian: ни́зина (nízina) — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Malay: tanah pamah — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Malay: tanah rendah — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Māori: raorao — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Polish: nizina — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Portuguese: baixada — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Romanian: șes — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Russian: ни́зменность (nízmennostʹ) — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Russian: низи́на (nizína) — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Serbo-Croatian: низина — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Serbo-Croatian: низија — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Serbo-Croatian: nizina — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Serbo-Croatian: nizija — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Slovak: nížina — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Spanish: tierra baja — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Tagalog: labak — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Tagalog: pita — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Turkish: ova — area which is lower than surroundings
  • Welsh: iseldir — area which is lower than surroundings
Real reading context

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