flatland

plural flatlands

1. Synonym of plain (“land of relatively constant altitude”).

   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.

   2024 October 30, Paul Bigland, “The heat is on... and will the railway fray?”, in RAIL, number 1021, page 48

   Synonyms: plain

2. IrelandcolloquialAn urban region with many flats or apartments to rent.

   Back then, at eighteen, in her humble bed-sit, in Dublin's 'flatland', she was lonely.

   2005, Esme Conway, Into Angels, page 18