lowland

English

Etymology

From low +‎ land.

Pronunciation

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Noun

lowland (plural lowlands)

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

   The lowland region was prone to flooding during the rainy season.

Derived terms

• lowland paca
• lowlander
• Lowlands
• Lowland Scots
• St Minver Lowlands

Related terms

• netherlands

Translations

area which is lower than surroundings

• Bikol Central: kababan (bcl)
• Bulgarian: низина (bg) f (nizina), долина (bg) f (dolina)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 低地 (zh) (dīdì)

• Czech: nížina (cs) f
• Danish: lavland (da) n
• Dutch: laagland (nl) n
• Esperanto: malaltaĵo, malaltejo
• Faroese: láglendi n, slættlendi n
• Finnish: alanko (fi)
• French: plaine (fr) f, basse terre f
• Georgian: დაბლობი (dablobi)
• German: Tiefebene (de) f, Tiefland (de) n, Flachland (de) n
• Icelandic: láglendi (is) n
• Ingrian: alanikko, alanne, alanko
• Irish: ísealchríoch f
• Japanese: 低地 (ja) (ていち, teichi)
• Korean: 저지 (ko) (jeoji)
• Macedonian: ни́зина f (nízina)
• Malay: tanah pamah (ms), tanah rendah
• Maori: raorao
• Polish: nizina (pl) f
• Portuguese: baixada (pt) f
• Romanian: șes (ro)
• Russian: ни́зменность (ru) f (nízmennostʹ), низи́на (ru) f (nizína)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: низина f, низија f

  Roman: nizina (sh) f, nizija (sh) f

• Slovak: nížina f
• Spanish: tierra baja f
• Tagalog: labak (tl), pita