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Definition of Lowlands

1. Noun. The southern part of Scotland that is not mountainous.

Definition of Lowlands

1. Noun. (plural of lowland) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lowlands

1. lowland [n] - See also: lowland

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lowlands

Literary usage of Lowlands

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Sailor's Garland by John Masefield (1908)
"I dreamt I saw my own true love, Lowlands, Lowlands, hurrah, ... My Lowlands a-ray. He was green and wet with weeds so cold, Lowlands, Lowlands, hurrah, ..."

2. EcoRegions of Alaska by Alisa L. Gallant (1998)
"Soils of the lowlands are somewhat better drained than soils of the ... Lakes are scattered throughout the lowlands, but are not nearly as numerous as in ..."

3. Source Book for the Economic Geography of North America by Charles Carlyle Colby (1921)
"Commencing near the city of Quebec, the lowlands stretch southwesterly on ... Near Kingston, at the foot of Lake Ontario, the lowlands again commence and ..."

4. The Statutes at Large from the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh by Great Britain (1807)
"And be it further enacted, That every distiller in the low- Distillers in lands, of Scot/and shall be charged with and pay the full duties the lowlands by ..."

5. American Ballads and Songs by Louise Pound (1922)
"10 THE Lowlands LOW Up then spake our noble cabin boy, Saying, "What will you give me if I will them destroy? If I will them destroy, ..."

6. History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1656 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1903)
"to draw a virtually impassable line between Highlands and Lowlands which no body of horse from the Lowlands could overstep. Warned by the fate of Montrose, ..."

7. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1894)
"The forests of the lowlands are of relatively small extent and importance; ... THE FORESTS OF THE PIEDMONT Lowlands. The lowlands of the Piedmont plateau ..."

8. A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans by James Browne (1843)
"WE have now arrived at an era in our history, when the line of demarcation between the inhabitants of the Lowlands and Highlands of Scotland begins to ..."

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