Highland

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Elevated land.
  • n. A mountainous or hilly section of a country.
  • adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a highland.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An area of land that is at elevation; mountainous land.
  • adj. Relating to highlands.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevated region or country.
  • adj. of, located in, or characteristic of high or hilly country. Contrasted to lowland.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An abrupt elevation of land; a high promontory or plateau: as, a jutting highland.
  • n. 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. elevated (e.g., mountainous) land
  • adj. used of high or hilly country
  • Equivalent
    mountainous    alpestrine    subalpine    Alpine   
    Antonym
    lowland   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    upland    plateau    hill    mountain   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Island    byland    island   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lowland    inland    marshy    Himalayan    moorland    surround    upland    rushy    neighbouring    Alpine