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

Highland

²

/ 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

Derived Forms

• ˈhighlander, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of highland¹

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

Example Sentences

While autumn is technically still the rainy season in this part of the world, the showers never last long, you can experience the country’s rural highlands at their least trafficked, and hotel rates are lower, too.

From Outside Online

The passengers loading their bags into the minibus leaving Ankazobe, a small town in the highlands, were grateful for the morning coolness.

From MIT Technology Review

The hues weren’t dyed into the cloth by their makers, women of Mayan ethnicity who live in Guatemala’s impoverished, tumultuous highlands.

From Washington Post

Before long, the Baron, assisted by “Count Bunker,” must confront not only the spectral Wraith of the Tulliwuddles but also the double temptation of a romantic highland beauty and an alluring American heiress.

From Washington Post

James Monroe lived at Highland, a plantation adjacent to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello until accumulated debts forced him to sell in 1825.

From Washington Blade

You will find winding pasture for sheep and highland cattle.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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