Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A mountainous region of central and northern Scotland. Famous for its rugged beauty, the area maintained a distinctive culture, based on the Scottish Gaelic language and the clan system, until well into the 1800s.
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- proper noun A
mountainous area ofScotland .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty; known for the style of dress (the kilt and tartan) and the clan system (now in disuse)
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Examples
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Because the future of the MacKenzie family in the Highlands is mysteriously, irrevocably, and intimately entwined with life and death in war-torn colonial America.
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All that shortbread tin version of the Highlands is a 19th century invention, isn't it?
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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The Scotland Highlands is my favorite place to visit!
Highland Fling Nalini Singh 2009
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The weather forecast for the Central Highlands is calling for highs hovering around 60° Fahrenheit and lows as chilly as 35°, with cloud cover the whole time.
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The weather forecast for the Central Highlands is calling for highs hovering around 60° Fahrenheit and lows as chilly as 35°, with cloud cover the whole time.
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The weather forecast for the Central Highlands is calling for highs hovering around 60° Fahrenheit and lows as chilly as 35°, with cloud cover the whole time.
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One reason we chose the Chiapas Highlands is that we can easily visit the Gulf of Mexico or the Caribbean on the Yucatan Peninsula or the Pacific in Chiapas or Oaxaca if things get a bit chilly on the mountain.
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One reason we chose the Chiapas Highlands is that we can easily visit the Gulf of Mexico or the Caribbean on the Yucatan Peninsula or the Pacific in Chiapas or Oaxaca if things get a bit chilly on the mountain.
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One reason we chose the Chiapas Highlands is that we can easily visit the Gulf of Mexico or the Caribbean on the Yucatan Peninsula or the Pacific in Chiapas or Oaxaca if things get a bit chilly on the mountain.
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One reason we chose the Chiapas Highlands is that we can easily visit the Gulf of Mexico or the Caribbean on the Yucatan Peninsula or the Pacific in Chiapas or Oaxaca if things get a bit chilly on the mountain.
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