highland
IPA: hˈaɪɫʌnd
noun
- A high area; land that is higher than surrounding areas.
- A council area in north-west Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
- A former region in 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.
adjective
- Of or related to Highland or the Highlands.
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Examples of "highland" in Sentences
- Many of the disaffected fled to the highlands.
- Accursed Highlands stretch from Maltsia to Rugova.
- It is a noisy of the bird of the western highlands.
- The physical aspect of the highlands is impressive.
- I presume the commander of the Seaforth Highlanders.
- In the Highlands, in 1846, potato crops were blighted.
- The slopes of the mountain are covered with highland tundra.
- The Highlander accuses the Barbarian of being a liar and a braggart.
- The fingering system is identical to that of the Great Highland pipes.
- It is endemic to the highlands of Mexico north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
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