highland
noun
an elevated region; plateau.
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highland
1 American
[hahy-luhnd]
/ ˈhaɪ lənd /
Highland
2
American
[hahy-luhnd]
/ ˈhaɪ lənd /
noun
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a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9,710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).
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a city in NW Indiana, near Chicago.
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British. West Highland.
Highland
1
British
/ ˈhaɪlənd /
noun
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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)
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(modifier) of, relating to, or denoting the Highlands of Scotland
highland
2
British
/ ˈhaɪlənd /
noun
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relatively high ground
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(modifier) of or relating to a highland
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Origin of highland
before 1000; Middle English; Old English hēahlond. See high, land
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The reader advances across Mr. McKay’s superb translation as though compelled by a fierce highland wind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Despite that short evolutionary history, the plants have adapted to remarkably different habitats across the islands, including humid highland forests and hot, dry lowlands.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
Interestingly, the same gene has experienced strong positive selection in central African rainforest hunter-gatherers and in highland populations of Ecuador.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026
They worked with highland dance experts to perfect the choreography.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
Hence it seems likely that some of them were also the founding crops of highland agriculture, especially as the ancient drainage systems preserved are so similar to the modern drainage systems used for growing taro.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Among the events watched by the spectators were tug-of-war, caber tossing, hammer throwing, Highland dancing and a parade of pipe bands.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
King Charles and Queen Camilla have joined cheering crowds watching Highland games events at the annual Braemar Gathering in Royal Deeside.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The lights were dark in the re-created Beverly Hills home; the rest of the crew was on location filming in Highland Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
As student enrollment sinks and schools struggle to keep up with costs, a pattern plays out, says Doug Moore, founder of Highland Group, a firm that specializes in closing failed colleges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Perhaps they were like the modem ones, which say that Still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we in dreams behold the Hebrides.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
While studying the familiar dark plains and bright highlands, I somehow overlooked a pattern people have recognized for thousands of years.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2026
A flatbed truck carrying a tank rolled through the highlands, making its way through fields of blossoming pink almond trees and yellow wildflowers.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
"Gezani will cross the central highlands from east to west today, before moving out to sea into the Mozambique Channel this evening or tonight," the service said.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
These highlands are a strategic asset that protects the country from invasion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
For those reasons it is now generally acknowledged that agriculture arose indigenously in the New Guinea highlands by domestication of New Guinea wild plant species.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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