WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
low-ly•ing
(lō′lī′ing),USA pronunciation adj.
- lying near sea level or the ground surface. low-lying land.
- lying below the usual elevation or altitude.
- 1855–60
'low-lying' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Banat
- Bedfordshire
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Broads
- Campagna
- Cape Flats
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Cheshire
- Chuvash Republic
- Delaware
- Dorset
- Dublin
- East Flanders
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Estonia
- Fens
- Finland
- Florida
- Foggy Bottom
- Germany
- Hertfordshire
- Hubei
- Kent
- Kildare
- Lincolnshire
- Louisiana
- Marston Moor
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Netherlands
- New Jersey
- Norfolk
- Nottinghamshire
- Orkney
- Overijssel
- Pays de la Loire
- Picardy
- Poitou-Charentes
- Rhode Island
- Saint Petersburg
- Sedgemoor
- Senegal
- Sligo
- South Carolina
- Virginia
- West Bengal
- West Sussex
- coulee
- fen