tableland

English

Alternative forms

• table land, table-land

Etymology

table +‎ land

Noun

tableland (plural tablelands)

1. A relatively flat region of elevated 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.

Derived terms

• Northern Tablelands
• Southern Tablelands

Translations

flat region of terrain

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高原 (zh) (gāoyuán)

• Dutch: plateau (nl) n
• Finnish: pöytävuori (fi)
• French: plateau (fr) m
• German: Tafelland n
• Greek:

  Ancient: πλάξ f (pláx)

• Irish: ardchlár m
• Italian: altopiano (it) m, pianoro (it) m, tavoliere (it) m
• Japanese: 高原 (ja) (こうげん, kōgen)
• Manx: ard-halloo m
• Maori: mānia pūwhata
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: høyslette (no) m or f

• Portuguese: chapada (pt) f
• Russian: плоского́рье (ru) n (ploskogórʹje)

See also

• plateau
• plain
• prairie

References

• “tableland”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.