high country
Terrain that is at a relatively high elevation — generally, higher than foothills but…Terrain that is at a relatively high elevation — generally, higher than foothills but not above the timberline — consisting of mountainous areas or elevated expanses of plain.
» The living costs are higher and higher in our country.
Ergulis · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(uncountable)Terrain that is at a relatively high elevation — generally, higher than foothills but not above the timberline — consisting of mountainous areas or elevated expanses of plain.
Near-synonyms: highlands, upcountry, upland; plateau, tableland, mesa
- an area lying above the piedmont but below the timberline
Examples
8 sentencesThe living costs are higher and higher in our country.
Algeria is still not among the high-income countries.
Algeria needs to be transformed into a high-income country.
At this rate, the risk is high that our country's competitive position will drop even further.
deWenn es so weitergeht, ist das Risiko hoch, dass unser Land noch mehr an Wettbewerbsfähigkeit verlieren wird. — PeterR
Will Algeria become a high-income country?
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable