Meanings
nountableland (plural tablelands)
plural tablelands · alternative table land · alternative table-land
- A relatively flat region of elevated terrain, particularly in reference to surrounding terrain.
One January day, thirty years ago, the little town of Hanover, anchored on a windy Nebraska tableland, was trying not to be blown away.
1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek πλάξ
- πλάξ (pláx)flat region of terrain
Chinese Mandarin 臺地 /台地
- 臺地 /台地 (táidì)flat region of terrain
Dutch plateau
- plateauflat region of terrain
Esperanto tablomonto
- tablomontoflat region of terrain
Finnish pöytävuori
- pöytävuoriflat region of terrain
French plateau
- plateauflat region of terrain
German Tafelland
- Tafellandflat region of terrain
Hungarian fennsík
- fennsíkflat region of terrain
Irish ardchlár
- ardchlárflat region of terrain
Italian altopiano, pianoro
- altopianoflat region of terrain
- pianoroflat region of terrain
- tavoliereflat region of terrain
Japanese 台地
- 台地 (daichi)flat region of terrain
Māori mānia pūwhata
- mānia pūwhataflat region of terrain
Norwegian Bokmål høyslette
- høysletteflat region of terrain
Portuguese chapada
- chapadaflat region of terrain
Russian плоского́рье
- плоского́рье (ploskogórʹje)flat region of terrain
Turkish yayla, plato
- yaylaflat region of terrain
- platoflat region of terrain
Cite this entry
APA
tableland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tableland
MLA
“tableland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tableland. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tableland,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tableland.
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