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Definition of Lowlands of Scotland
1. Noun. The southern part of Scotland that is not mountainous.
Group relationships: Scotland
Generic synonyms: Lowland
Derivative terms: Lowlander
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lowlands Of Scotland
Literary usage of Lowlands of Scotland
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Europe by George Goudie Chisholm (1902)
"The Main Lines of Communication between the Central and Northern Lowlands of
Scotland The main lines of communication between the central and northern ..."
2. Popular Geology: A Series of Lectures Read Before the Philosophical by Hugh Miller, Harriet Myrtle (1860)
"... Changes of Level not rare events to the Geologist — Some of these enumerated —
The Boulder-Clay — Its prevalence in the Lowlands of Scotland — Indicated ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... least of the hills on either side, where a few outlines are left to tell of
their former extension. The central Lowlands of Scotland are thus of great ..."
4. Alien Immigrants to England by William Cunningham (1897)
"We have no similar record for the lowlands of Scotland ; the evidence as to the
distribution of alien settlers in that part of the country is scattered in ..."
5. The Scenery of Scotland Viewed in Connection with Its Physical Geology by Archibald Geikie (1901)
"Section of the form of hill in the Lowlands of Scotland known as "Crag and Tail."
a, " Crag " of basalt or other eruptive rock, b, " Tail " of softer rocks ..."
6. The Scots Digest of Scots Appeals in the House of Lords from 1707 and of the by Robert Candlish Henderson, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1908)
"12 and 13, authorises Gaelic chapels in the Lowlands of Scotland to be erected
into separate parishes, without having any territorial district attached to ..."