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highland¹
- /ˈhaɪ.lənd/
- /ˈhaɪ.lɪnd/
Sounds like island (in aitch-dropping accents), Hyland · Rhymes with -aɪlənd
Where it comes from
From Middle English hy laund, holond (“highland, upland”), from Old English hēahland (“highland”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauhaland, *hauhalandī; equivalent to high + land. Cognate with Scots hieland (“highland”), Dutch hoogland (“highland”), German Hochland (“highland”), Danish højland (“highland”), Swedish högland (“highland”).
Highland²
- /ˈhaɪ.lənd/
- /ˈhaɪ.lɪnd/
Sounds like island (in aitch-dropping accents), Hyland · Rhymes with -aɪlənd
Where it comes from
Proprialization of highland.
adjective
- Of or related to Highland or the Highlands. A merchant has been convicted in Glasgow for adulterating the meal to the Highland poor.
proper noun
- A council area in north-west Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
- A former region of Scotland, created in 1975 from the counties of Inverness-shire, Nairnshire, Ross and Cromarty, Caithness, Sutherland and parts of Argyll and Moray, abolished in 1996.
- A city in San Bernardino County, California.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland.
- A town in Sullivan County, New York.
- A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Lloyd, Ulster County, New York.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Highland Township.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: upland, mountainous, alpine, mountain, subalpine, alpestrine, heights, hill, hilly, montane, plateau, lawn, height, scottish, elevated, high
Translations
Every language
noun elevated land
| Español | tierras altas, sierra, zona montañosa |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 고지 goji |
| 日本語 | 高地 kōchi |
| 中文 | 高地 gāodì |
| हिन्दी | पठार paṭhār |
| Português | terra alta |
| Français | hauts-plateaux, hautes terres |
| Deutsch | Hochland |
| Italiano | altopiano |
| Русский | наго́рье nagórʹje, плоского́рье ploskogórʹje, го́рная страна́ górnaja straná, возвы́шенность vozvýšennostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | sơn nguyên |
| العربية | نَجْد najd, صَعِيد ṣaʕīd |
| עברית | רָמָה ramá |
Talk about this word "highland." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/highland. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. highland. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/highland "highland." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/highland.Cite this
@misc{highland_2026,
title = {highland},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/highland},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
