Highlands, the
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The distinguishing features of its culture were the style of dress (including the kilt and tartan) and the clan system, now in disuse except for historical observances.
It is famous for its rugged beauty.
Example Sentences
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In the Highlands the three-vehicle also crash happened on Friday, near the village of Auldearn.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2023
And while it makes sense that Edgardo and Lucia could not have communicated from afar in the libretto’s Scottish Highlands, the explanation for their radio silence in today’s world strains credulity, even by operatic standards.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2022
The battle was on — at Saigon, at My Tho, in the Delta, the Highlands, the Coastal Plains.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2018
In its examination of the character of the crofters and the conditions that existed in the Highlands the book is not entirely a crime novel.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2017
The more primitive rocks of the Highlands, the Adirondacs, and the White Mountains do not offer such numerous and picturesque sheets of falling water as the red sandstone of the Catskills.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
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