low country
noun
variants
often Low Country
: a low-lying country or region
especially
: the part of a southern state extending from the seacoast inland to the fall line
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Choose between three menu options: fresh Gulf shrimp, Southern-style gumbo, or a low country boil with peel-and-eat Gulf shrimp, red potatoes, sausage, and corn on the cob—then prepare to be wowed.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 May 2026
The grand prize winner can choose the home or the $750,000 cash option.
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Home: This is a three-bed, two-and-a-half bath, 2,600-square-foot, low country coastal-style home in Norton Commons.
—Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Oct. 2025
And by the end of that decade, the Memphis duo were the go-to Southern rap features and movie soundtrack staples for labels trying to move units in the low country.
—Pitchfork, 30 Sep. 2025
A week later a man from the low country was driving a dozen cattle up from Gudalur, 30 miles away, to the market in Ootacamund.
—Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 May 2026
The grand prize winner can choose the home or the $750,000 cash option.
nuts & bolts
Home: This is a three-bed, two-and-a-half bath, 2,600-square-foot, low country coastal-style home in Norton Commons.
—Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Oct. 2025
And by the end of that decade, the Memphis duo were the go-to Southern rap features and movie soundtrack staples for labels trying to move units in the low country.
—Pitchfork, 30 Sep. 2025
A week later a man from the low country was driving a dozen cattle up from Gudalur, 30 miles away, to the market in Ootacamund.
—Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025
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“Low country.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low%20country. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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Low Country
geographical name
variants
or Lowcountry
low-lying region along the Atlantic coasts of South Carolina and Georgia
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