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Definition of Flatlands
1. flatland [n] - See also: flatland
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flatlands
Literary usage of Flatlands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historical Guide to the City of New York by City History Club of New York (1909)
"This became later the Village of flatlands, the Dutch church being located at
the head of a small stream, leading to Jamaica Bay. The site of the church was ..."
2. History of Long Island: Containing an Account of the Discovery and by Benjamin Franklin Thompson (1839)
"Given under my hand and seal 20 off Dec. 1689. TOWN OF flatlands. ... The village
of flatlands is a very pretty spot, in the centre of which is the Dutch ..."
3. The History of the United States of America by Richard Hildreth (1882)
"... on which the grantees established farms and plantations of their own. Such was
the beginnings, of the village of flatlands, originally called New Amers- ..."
4. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1812)
"... near the -coast of the district of Raposo, in the province and government of
Chocó. It is close to that of La Gorgone. [flatlands, a smali township in ..."
5. Old Roads from the Heart of New York: Journeys Today by Ways of Yesterday by Sarah Comstock (1915)
"To flatlands. (Chapter IV.) Take Brooklyn subway to Atlantic Avenue. Take Flatbush
Ave. trolley to Lefferts Homestead, 563 Flatbush Avenue. ..."
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