HIGHLAND

upland, highland

(adjective) used of high or hilly country

highland, upland

(noun) elevated (e.g., mountainous) land

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

highland (plural highlands)

An area of land that is at elevation; mountainous land.

Hypernyms

• land

Adjective

highland

Relating to highlands.

Adjective

Highland (not comparable)

relating to the Highlands.

Proper noun

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



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