tableland
Noun
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Noun
tableland (plural tablelands)
- A relatively flat region of terrain, particularly in reference to surrounding terrain.
- 1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!
- One January day, thirty years ago, the little town of Hanover, anchored on a windy Nebraska tableland, was trying not to be blown away.
- 1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!
- French: plateau
- German: Tafelland
- Italian: altopiano, pianoro, tavoliere
- Portuguese: chapada
- Russian: плоского́рье
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