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highland

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16
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17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈhaɪ.lənd/
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/ˈhaɪ.lənd/ · /ˈhaɪ.lɪnd/

Definition of highland

6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A high area; land that is higher than surrounding areas.
    “Near-synonyms: upland, upcountry”
    “The highlands of the Swiss Alps are home to many unique flowers.”
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noun

  1. A high area; land that is higher than surrounding areas.
    “Near-synonyms: upland, upcountry”
    “The highlands of the Swiss Alps are home to many unique flowers.”

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of or related to Highland or the Highlands.

name

  1. A council area in north-west Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
  2. A former region of Scotland, created in 1975 from the counties of Inverness-shire, Nairnshire, Ross and Cromarty, Caithness, Sutherland and parts of Argyll and Moray, abolished in 1996.
  3. A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
  4. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Highland Township.

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Etymology

From Middle English hy laund, holond (“highland, upland”), from Old English hēahland (“highland”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauhaland, *hauhalandī; equivalent to high + land. Cognate with Scots hieland (“highland”), Dutch hoogland (“highland”), German Hochland (“highland”), Danish højland (“highland”), Swedish högland (“highland”).

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