Plains

Definitions

1. The Great Plains region of North America.
   US, with-definite-article
2. The lowland regions of India from which colonial administrators and their families relocated to higher-elevation hill stations with cooler climates during the summer months.
   British, India, with-definite-article
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. A ghost town in California.
5. A minor city in Sumter County, Georgia.
6. A city in Meade County, Kansas.
7. An unincorporated community in Forsyth Township, Marquette County, Michigan.
8. A town in Sanders County, Montana.
9. A township and census-designated place therein, in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
10. An unincorporated community in Borden County, Texas.
11. A town, the county seat of Yoakum County, Texas.
12. A village in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7966).

Equivalents

Examples

“It was an honest letter, written by an honest man, then stewing in the Plains on two hundred rupees a month (for he allowed his wife eight hundred and fifty), and in a silk banian and cotton trousers.”

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