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highland

noun
/ˈhaɪ.lənd/

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”).

  1. inherited from *hauhaland✻
  2. inherited from hēahland — “highland”
  3. inherited from hy laund

Definitions

  1. A high area

    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.

  2. Of or related to Highland or the Highlands.

  3. A council area in north-west Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A former region of Scotland, created in 1975 from the counties of Inverness-shire,…

      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.

    2. A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.

    3. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Highland Township.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA