flatland

noun

flat·​land ˈflat-ˌland How to pronounce flatland (audio)
1
: a region in which the land is predominantly flat
usually used in plural
2
: land that lacks significant variation in elevation
flatlander noun

Examples of flatland in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Cool Patch maze, which rises from the flatlands near Interstate 80 just before the Sacramento Valley rolls up into the Vaca Mountains, got ever larger and more creative. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024 His songs come from the dirt of the flatland of Arkansas. Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 24 Sep. 2024 Although she was born in Oakland, California, most of Harris’s early childhood was spent in a nondescript duplex apartment located above a day care facility in an area of West Berkeley known as the flatlands (her parents met as graduate students at UC Berkeley). Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 31 July 2024 The ratio of grocery stores to residents in the East Oakland flatlands is one to every 93,126 residents, a stark contrast to the more affluent Oakland hills neighborhoods, where the ratio of grocery stores to residents is one to 13,778, UC Davis researchers found. Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 19 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for flatland 

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Word History

First Known Use

1735, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of flatland was in 1735

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“Flatland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flatland. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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