North Highlands

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noun

a town in central California, near Sacramento.

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OTHER WORDS FROM North Highlands

North Highlander, noun

According to Pew, 14 of the 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa have blasphemy laws.
In Defense of Blasphemy|Michael Tomasky|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They took cover inside a print works to the north east of Paris, where they held a member of staff as a hostage.
France Kills Charlie Hebdo Murderers|Nico Hines|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The new information consisted of Internet protocol addresses that Comey said are “exclusively used” by North Korea.
Was Sony Hit With a Second Hack?|Shane Harris|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Current and former intelligence officials have said North Korea has long been a priority target for American spies.
Was Sony Hit With a Second Hack?|Shane Harris|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

There were also the fleshy remains of the seniors who migrated to Florida from all points north.
Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’|Asawin Suebsaeng|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Between South and North, the probabilities of a serious, and no very distant rupture, are strong and manifest.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
Two Battalions racing due North along the coast and foothills with levelled bayonets.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Turn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
This road ran north and south, and nearly in front of where he lay another road entered it, coming in from the west.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
From Canada on the north, to Texas on the south, the hot winds had laid the land seemingly bare.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux