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Lowlands of Scotland   /lˈoʊlˌændz əv skˈɑtlənd/   Listen
Lowlands of Scotland

noun
1.
The southern part of Scotland that is not mountainous.  Synonym: Lowlands.






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"Lowlands of scotland" Quotes from Famous Books



... some of the provincial dialects of England, and in the Scotch of the lowlands of Scotland, there are a good many Dutch words. Moker, in Dutch, means a large hammer. This is probably the word used by the old cottager of Pembridge, and spelt ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 65, January 25, 1851 • Various

... towards Stirling, where we hoped to arrive on the following day; but we now found ourselves passing through a semi-manufacturing district, and gradually it dawned upon us that we had now left the Highlands and were approaching the Lowlands of Scotland. We thought then and many times afterwards of that verse ...
— From John O'Groats to Land's End • Robert Naylor and John Naylor

... and in the Highlands it quickly came to be the main food of the people during the greater portion of the year; but in the Lowlands of Scotland, and the rural districts of England, it was only used as a food accessory, though it soon became an important article of commerce. It has often happened that the potato crops have realized higher prices than any other product of ...
— Storyology - Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore • Benjamin Taylor



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