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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024high•land /ˈhaɪlənd/USA pronunciation n. - highlands, [plural] a mountainous region or elevated part of a country.
adj. [before a noun] - of, relating to, or characteristic of highlands:danced a highland fling.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024high•land (hī′lənd),USA pronunciation n. - an elevated region;
plateau:He moved to a highland far from the river. - highlands, a mountainous region or elevated part of a country.
adj. - of, pertaining to, or characteristic of highlands.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English hēahlond. See high, land
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged uplands, heights, mesa, tableland.
High•land (hī′lənd),USA pronunciation n. - Place Namesa region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 182,044;
9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km). - Place Namesa city in NW Indiana, near Chicago. 25,935.
- Animal Husbandry[Brit.]See West Highland.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: highland /ˈhaɪlənd/ n - relatively high ground
- (modifier) of or relating to a highland
ˈhighlander n West′ High′land, - Animal Husbandryany of a breed of small, hardy, usually dun-colored, shaggy-haired beef cattle with long, widespread horns, able to withstand the cold and sparse pasturage of its native western Scottish uplands. Also called Scotch Highland, Kyloe;
[Brit.] Highland.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Highland /ˈhaɪlənd/ n - a council area in N Scotland, formed in 1975 (as Highland Region) from Caithness, Sutherland, Nairnshire, most of Inverness-shire, and Ross and Cromarty except for the Outer Hebrides. Administrative centre: Inverness. Pop: 209 080 (2003 est). Area: 25 149 sq km (9710 sq miles)
- (modifier) of, relating to, or denoting the Highlands of Scotland
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