In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
upland, highland
(adjective) used of high or hilly country
highland, upland
(noun) elevated (e.g., mountainous) land
Source: WordNet® 3.1
highland (plural highlands)
An area of land that is at elevation; mountainous land.
• land
highland
Relating to highlands.
Highland (not comparable)
relating to the Highlands.
Highland
A council area in north-west in Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996, originally a region created in 1975 from the counties of Inverness-shire, Nairnshire, Ross and Cromarty, Caithness, Sutherland and parts of Argyll and Moray.
A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
Source: Wiktionary
High"land, n.
Definition: Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevated region or country; as, the Highlands of Scotland. Highland fling, a dance peculiar to the Scottish Highlanders; a sort of hornpipe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 March 2025
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.