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Webster 1913 Edition

Lowland

Low′land

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Noun.
Land which is low with respect to the neighboring country; a low or level country; – opposed to
highland
.
The Lowlands
,
Belgium and Holland; the Netherlands; also, the southern part of Scotland.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lowland

LOWLAND

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Noun.
land which is low with respect to the neighboring country; a low or level country. Thus the Belgic states are called Lowlands. The word is sometimes opposed to a mountainous country; as the Lowlands of Scotland. sometimes it denotes a marsh.

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