highland

¹

[ hahy-luhnd ]

noun

1. an elevated region; plateau:

   He moved to a highland far from the river.

   Synonyms: tableland, mesa, height

2. highlands, a mountainous region or elevated part of a country.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of highlands.

Highland

²

[ hahy-luhnd ]

noun

1. a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9,710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).
2. a city in NW Indiana, near Chicago.
3. British. West Highland.

Highland

¹

/ ˈhaɪlənd /

noun

1. a council area in N Scotland, formed in 1975 (as Highland Region) from Caithness, Sutherland, Nairnshire, most of Inverness-shire, and Ross and Cromarty except for the Outer Hebrides. Administrative centre: Inverness. Pop: 209 080 (2003 est). Area: 25 149 sq km (9710 sq miles)
2. modifier of, relating to, or denoting the Highlands of Scotland

highland

²

/ ˈhaɪlənd /

noun

1. relatively high ground
2. modifier of or relating to a highland

Derived Forms

• ˈhighlander, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of highland¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English hēahlond. See high, land

Example Sentences

You will find winding pasture for sheep and highland cattle.

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Highland Park knows tacos and just being in this neighborhood makes me happy.

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Justin, a 4-year-old West Highland terrier from Long Island, was having his face hair-sprayed into the shape of a carnation.

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The funeral was scheduled for Tuesday at a Highland Park synagogue, and Peters was among those expected to speak.

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Next weekend, an additional excerpt will be published about organizing a Sunday lunch and how to present traditional Highland tea.

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Highland gentlemen of every degree are mostly fond of Gillespie; while operatives from the Lowlands generally prefer plain Scotch.

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Now, Highland regiments had fought in India for many a year before the Mutiny, and the kilt was no new thing in native eyes.

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Of the Highland regiment nearly half were either killed or desperately wounded.

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A Highland sergeant looks sorrowfully on the dying warrior, while two lions sleep at his feet.

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Further south the coasts close in abruptly, and the straits are like a long Highland loch.

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Related Words

• bluff
• cliff
• dune
• highland
• hillside
• hilltop
• ridge
• slope