LOWLAND, noun land which is low with respect to the neighboring country; a low or level country. Thus the Belgic states are called Lowlands. The word is sometimes opposed to a mountainous country; as the Lowlands of Scotland. sometimes it denotes a marsh.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.