highland
adjective
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L337359 on Wikidata ↗noun
- region at high altitude
- natural geographic object
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.lənd/ / /ˈhaɪ.lɪnd/
adj
Etymology: Proprialization of highland.
- Of or related to Highland or the Highlands.
name
Etymology: Proprialization of highland.
- A council area in north-west Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
- A former region of Scotland, created in 1975 from the counties of Inverness-shire, Nairnshire, Ross and Cromarty, Caithness, Sutherland and parts of Argyll and Moray, abolished in 1996.
- A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Highland Township.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English hy laund, holond (“highland, upland”), from Old English hēahland (“highland”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauhaland, *hauhalandī; equivalent to high + land. Cognate with Scots hieland (“highland”), Dutch hoogland (“highland”), German Hochland (“highland”), Danish højland (“highland”), Swedish högland (“highland”).
- A high area; land that is higher than surrounding areas.
“Near-synonyms: upland, upcountry”
“The highlands of the Swiss Alps are home to many unique flowers.”