英和和英

別の表記

• table land, table-land

語源

From table +‎ land.

発音

名詞

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.

派生語

• Central Tablelands
• Northern Tablelands
• Southern Tablelands

参考

• plateau
• plain
• prairie

参照

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