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Lowland
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lowland
1. relatively low ground
2. a low generally flat region

Lowland
of or relating to the Lowlands of Scotland or the dialect of English spoken there

Lowland 

land lying not more than 200 m above sea level. The surface is usually level, although it may sometimes be hilly. Lowlands are formed chiefly by tectonic subsidence and the filling of basins with marine or continental deposits (chiefly river alluvium), which bed more or less horizontally. Some lowlands lie below sea level, for example, the Caspian Lowland.



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Sasunnaich, English, English-speaking, formerly also applied to the lowlanders of Scotland as an Englishman or woman.
of New Mexico) presents an organizational history of the Society in Scotland for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge, which was founded in 1709 for the purpose of converting the linguistic, religious, and political practices of Scottish Highlanders to those of the English-speaking, Presbyterian, and royalist Scottish Lowlanders.
 
 
 
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