1. (n.) High land; ground elevated above the meadows and intervals which lie on the banks of rivers, near the sea, or between hills; land which is generally dry; -- opposed to lowland, meadow, marsh, swamp, interval, and the like.

2. (n.) The country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns.

3. (a.) of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage.

4. (a.) Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished.

Arcadian agrarian agrestic agricultural agricultural region alkali flat alluvial plain arable land basin black belt bottomland bucolic bushveld campo champaign champaign country citrus belt coastal plain corn belt cotton belt country countryside delta desert down downs dust bowl farm farm belt farm country farmland fell flat flat country flatland flats fruit belt grass roots grass veld grassland grazing region heath highland highlands hill-dwelling lande level llano lowland lowlands lunar mare mare meadows and pastures mesa mesilla moor moorland moors mountain-dwelling open country pampa pampas pastoral peneplain plain plains plateau playa prairie prairies province provinces provincial rolling country rural rural district rustic rustic region salt flat salt marsh salt pan savanna sebkha steppe steppes table tableland the country the soil the sticks tobacco belt tree veld tundra uplands vega veld weald wheat belt wide-open spaces wold woodland woods and fields yokeldom