Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Elevated land.
- noun A mountainous or hilly section of a country.
- adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of a highland.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abrupt elevation of land; a high promontory or plateau: as, a jutting highland.
- noun plural An elevated region broken into hills and mountains: often used as a proper name: as, the Highlands of Scotland; the Hudson Highlands; the highlands of Abyssinia.
- Pertaining or belonging to high lands or to mountainous regions, especially (with a capital) the Highlands of Scotland: as, highland scenery; highland vegetation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevated region or country.
- noun a dance peculiar to the Scottish Highlanders; a sort of hornpipe.
- adjective prenominal of, located in, or characteristic of high or hilly country. Contrasted to
lowland .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An area of land that is at
elevation ; mountainous land. - adjective Relating to highlands.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun elevated (e.g., mountainous) land
- adjective used of high or hilly country
Etymologies
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Examples
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Hudson and Connecticut rivers, from the highland, which is a continuation of the Kittatinney Ridge down to the Sound.
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So great an inconvenience lessens their value very much, and makes highland, that is just tolerable, of greater advantage to the owner.
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The Mahiccon, or Mahattan, who occupied Staten island, York island, (which from its being the principal seat of their residence was formerly called Mahatton) Long island and that part of New-York and Connecticut which lies between Hudson and Connecticut rivers, from the highland, which is a continuation of the Kittatinney ridge down to the Sound.
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I say that the first lesson to be learned from this construction is that it was not done on the plains amid the farmlands, that it was done on the highland which is more or less equidistant from the center.
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Tarrant, another charming "highland" village, and the road, sloping down the entire distance, struck me as one of the best to be on I had travelled in Hampshire, running along a narrow green valley, with oak and birch and bramble and thorn in their late autumn colours growing on the slopes on either hand.
Afoot in England 1881
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The green and fertile region which is thus interposed between the 'highland' and 'lowland' deserts, [3] participates, curiously enough, in both characters.
A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 Georges Perrot 1873
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To write the word "highland," the pen has to make twenty-two strokes.
What Is Man? and Other Essays Mark Twain 1872
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American army; while the Hessian columns, stretching across a chain of the "highland," attempted to turn Gen. Greene's flank, and storm the advanced redoubt.
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George W. Williams 1870
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I thought that if the commissioners themselves, and the king of Holland with them, had spent a few days here, with their packs upon their backs, looking for that "highland," they would have had an interesting time, and perhaps it would have modified their views of the question somewhat.
The Maine Woods 1858
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The green and fertile region, which is thus interposed between the "highland" and the "lowland" deserts, participates, curiously enough, in both characters.
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