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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Highland

/hīl'-ənd/ · High·land · IPA /ˈhaɪ.lənd/
01 n. Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevated region or country; as, the Highlands of Scotland.
  1. 1.
    Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevated region or country; as, the Highlands of Scotland.
Phrases & compounds
Highland fling — a dance peculiar to the Scottish Highlanders; a sort of hornpipe.
02 adj. of, located in, or characteristic of high or hilly country. Contrasted to lowland.
  1. 1.
    of, located in, or characteristic of high or hilly country. Contrasted to lowland.[prenominal]
Syn. upland.