hill-countryn.
A district composed of hills or elevated ground.
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1582 Bible (Rheims) Luke i. 39 Marie..went vnto the hil countrie with speed.
1789 G. White Nat. Hist. Selborne 2 The down..is a pleasing park-like spot..jutting out on the verge of the hill-country.
1816 U. Brown Jrnl. in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1915) 10 283 A handsome hill country in a good state of cultivation.
1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys xv. 133 The slow, ponderous vehicle went..creaking on, up into the hill-country.
1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 20 The church of Bargrennan is well attended by people from the hill-country around.
1903 Westm. Gaz. 14 Jan. 2/1 The Surrey hill-country.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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