Highlands

See also: highlands

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Scottish Highlands

Wikipedia

 Highland (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

Etymology

Specific application of highlands, equivalent to high +‎ lands.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

(the) Highlands pl (plural only)

1. The mountainous northern area of Scotland.
2. A town in Orange County, New York, United States.
3. A borough of Monmouth, New Jersey, United States.
4. A locality in the Shire of Mitchell and the Shire of Murrindindi, central Victoria, Australia.

Hypernyms

• Scotland

Coordinate terms

• Lowlands

Derived terms

• Addington Highlands
• Central Highlands
• Descartes Highlands
• Grey Highlands
• Highland (adjective)
• Highlander
• Highlands County
• Highlands East
• Lanark Highlands
• Ozark Highlands
• Southern Highlands
• St Minver Highlands

Related terms

• highland, Highland (n)

Translations

area of Scotland

Catalan: Terres altes d'Escòcia f pl Cornish: an Ugheldiryow m pl, Ugheldiryow Alban m pl Finnish: Skotlannin ylämaa French: Highlands (fr) m, Hautes-Terres (fr) f pl Irish: na Garbhchríocha f pl Manx: Çheer ny Gaeil f, Gaeltaght ny h'Albey f Scots: Hielands Scottish Gaelic: a' Ghàidhealtachd f Welsh: Ucheldir m