Scottish Lowlands

Japanese: Scottish Lowlands(英語表記)ScottishLowlands
Scottish Lowlands

…the lowlands in central Scotland, United Kingdom. It is also called the Scottish Lowlands, as opposed to the Highlands in northern Scotland. In a broader sense, it can refer to the whole of central and southern Scotland southeast of a line connecting Dumbarton at the mouth of the Clyde River and Stonehaven on the North Sea coast, but it is generally used only for the Rift Valley, excluding the southern highlands south of Dunbar and Girvan.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the Scottish Lowlands is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…イギリス,スコットランド中部の低地帯。スコットランド北部のハイランドに対する呼称で,スコットランド低地Scottish Lowlandsともいう。広義にはクライド川河口のダンバートンと北海沿岸のストーンヘブンを結ぶ線より南東側のスコットランド中部・南部全体を指すこともあるが,一般にはダンバー~ガーバン以南の南部高地を省いた地溝帯のみに用いられる。…

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