upland

From Middle English upland, equal to up- +‎ land. Compare inland, midland, outland, etc.

upland (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or situated in the uplands.
   • (Can we date this quote?) John Milton

     Sometimes, with secure delight / The upland hamlets will invite.

   • c. 1624, George Chapman (translator), Batrachomyomachia

     the race of upland giants

• uplander
• uplandish

• upland moccasin
• upland sandpiper
• upland sumach

upland (plural uplands)

1. The area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation; often hilly, but not generally mountainous (compare highlands).

• land

• Dunlap, land up