Highlands

American  

[hahy-luhndz] / ˈhaɪ ləndz /

noun

1. (used with a singular verb) a mountainous region in N Scotland, N of the Grampians.

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Highlands British  

/ ˈhaɪləndz /

noun

1. 1. the part of Scotland that lies to the northwest of the great fault that runs from Dumbarton to Stonehaven

   2. a smaller area consisting of the mountainous north of Scotland: distinguished by Gaelic culture

2. (often not capital) the highland region of any country

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Example Sentences

Nairobi, along with regions such as the Central Highlands, Lake Victoria Basin, and the coastal areas, remains under heightened alert for peak rainfall in the coming days, it added.

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Parts of the Highlands had dry weather for nearly a fortnight between late January and early February.

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Watt put the environment at the heart of the expansion and would claim Brewdog had become the first ever carbon negative brewer, even purchasing a forest in the Highlands to help offset carbon.

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The animals include escapees from farms and pigs illegally released into the wild, with the largest numbers found in the Highlands and Dumfries and Galloway.

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"ILI have a track record of bringing in community benefits," he argued, pointing to the Red John hydropump storage project in the Highlands, which has been bought by Norwegian company Statkraft.

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