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Highland en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhaɪ.lənd/
  • /ˈhaɪ.lɪnd/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Proprialization of highland.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or related to Highland or the Highlands.
    • A merchant has been convicted in Glasgow for adulterating the meal to the Highland poor. 1847, editorial staff, “(untitled Adulterated Food)”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 68:

Deriveds

Highland games · Highland cow · Highland Peak · Highland dancing · Highland Range · Highland cattle · West Highland White Terrier · Highland pony

wikipedia: Highland

Highland en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhaɪ.lənd/
  • /ˈhaɪ.lɪnd/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Proprialization of highland.

Meanings

  1. A council area in north-west Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
  2. 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.
  3. A place in the United States, including: ▸ A city in San Bernardino County, California.
  4. A place in the United States, including: ▸ An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland.
  5. A place in the United States, including: ▸ A town in Sullivan County, New York.
  6. A place in the United States, including: ▸ A number of townships in the United States, listed under Highland Township.

Relateds

Lowland · Highlands

wikipedia: Highland