flatland

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English

Etymology

From flat +‎ land.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈflatlənd/, /ˈflatland/
  • Hyphenation: flat‧land

Noun

flatland (plural flatlands)

  1. Synonym of plain (“land of relatively constant altitude”)
    • 2024 October 30, Paul Bigland, “The heat is on... and will the railway fray?”, in RAIL, number 1021, page 48:
      After crossing the flatlands Lincoln, with its magnificent hilltop cathedral, comes into view before we pull into the station, with its lovely Tudor revival-style buildings.
  2. (Ireland, colloquial) An urban region with many flats or apartments to rent.
    • 2005, Esme Conway, Into Angels, page 18:
      Back then, at eighteen, in her humble bed-sit, in Dublin's 'flatland', she was lonely.

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