tableland

noun

ˈtā-bə(l)-ˌland How to pronounce tableland (audio)
Definition of tablelandnext
as in plateau
a broad flat area of elevated land to the east of the valley lies a vast, fertile tableland

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Recent Examples of tableland Alexandra and Yongden decided to walk knee-deep into the tableland ahead of them. — Ailsa Ross, Longreads, 9 Aug. 2019 Schuerman Mountain rises in west Sedona, a high tableland that offers commanding views of gaudier formations. — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2021 Pedro Cervantes painted jewellike vistas of New Mexico’s tablelands. — John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026 Lubbock, with its elevation reaching to some 3,400 feet, sits high atop caprock tableland that tapers slowly to the southeast toward Fort Worth and Dallas. — Mary Ann Anderson, Twin Cities, 20 July 2019 Only a depression in the ground remains at the Ingalls Dugout Site, but eagle-eyed visitors can still spot the spring, tablelands, thickets of plum trees, and other landmarksr described in the book of the same name. — Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 22 June 2026 Their concerns center on Black Mesa, a tableland that rises north of the Hopi villages and that lies partly in the Navajo Reservation and partly in the Hopi Reservation. — Ian James, AZCentral.com, 7 Dec. 2020 It's located on the Cumberland Plateau — a 450-mile tableland that covers much of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, with soaring sandstone walls, large boulders, and dramatic overhangs. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2023 The tableland was formed by volcanic eruptions about 700,000 years ago, according to the Bishop Chamber of Commerce and Information Center. — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
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  1. plateau
  2. highland
  3. mesa
Noun
  • Located in Florina, in northwestern Greece, the region lies on a high plateau ringed by jagged peaks, with freshwater lakes below.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Perched on the edge of a rocky plateau above the village, its sleek, ultra-modern rooms open onto balconies with views of the rooftops below and the Matterhorn beyond.
    — Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2026
Definition of plateau
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  • The Simbari people of Papua New Guinea’s eastern highlands separate boys from their mothers around the age of nine.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • The Macallan Importantly, this is the first time that Macallan fans will be able to have this type of experience without going through global travel retail or venturing into the heart of the remote Scottish highlands.
    — Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Definition of highland
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  • Beginning in the late 1960s, artists abandoned galleries in favour of deserts, salt flats, mesas, and remote terrain, using these surroundings as both setting and material.
    — Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 3 July 2026
  • Together, Groves and Oppenheimer chose an isolated mesa near Los Alamos, New Mexico, where a secret laboratory—and eventually a secret city—would be built to design the world's first atomic bomb.
    — Rebecca Coffey, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of mesa

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