lowland

1 of 2

noun

low·​land ˈlō-lənd How to pronounce lowland (audio)
-ˌland
: low or level country

lowland

2 of 2

adjective

1
capitalized : of or relating to the Lowlands of Scotland
2
: of or relating to a lowland

Examples of lowland in a Sentence

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Noun
Evacuation orders have already been made in Ventura County, where runoff from up to a foot of rain in the mountains will couple with drenching in the lowlands. Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2024 The nighttime cold that’s set in around the region will deepen this weekend, with overnight lows dropping into the 30s in lowlands and into the 20s in the mountains. Sam Schulz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024 The vegetation in the lowland areas of Maui is particularly parched this year, with below-average precipitation in the spring, and hardly any rainfall this summer. Mark Thiessen and Audrey McAvoy, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2023 The map shows that cloud cover over the lowlands at the southern limit of the eclipse is nearly 20 percent higher than at the hilly northern limit, reaching a minimum near Junction, Texas. Jay Anderson, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024 Further south, some lowlands remain underwater near the village of Demydiv, which was deliberately flooded to halt the Russian advance in spring 2022. Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2024 Residents formed smaller communities near rivers, lakes, and coasts, per Lucero, as well as cities in the northern lowlands and highlands of Guatemala. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Oct. 2023 The National Weather Service said frost was possible overnight with lows in the 30s in lowlands and into 20s in the mountains. Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024 The excess runoff is now forcing many lowland rivers beyond their banks. Max Golembo, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2023
Adjective
Writing today in the journal Nature Communications, researchers describe a proof-of-concept project in the lowland Chocó region of Ecuador that shows the potential power of bioacoustics in conserving forests. WIRED, 17 Oct. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1504, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of lowland was in the 15th century

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“Lowland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lowland. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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lowland

noun
low·​land
-lənd,
-ˌland
: low and usually level country
lowland adjective
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