highlands en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kewk- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kówkos Proto-Germanic *hauhaz Proto-West Germanic *hauh Old English hēah Middle English heigh English high English lands English highlands From high + lands.
Meanings
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(plural, plural-only) A high area of land, lands higher than surrounding areas.
One of Ethiopia's most popular traditional dances, eskista, which is said to have originated from the lower highlands of Ethiopia's Amhara region, exemplifies the type of multi-functionality that Martin (1967) acknowledges as it is performed in many different settings of the Ethiopian community.
2018 February 20, Adesola Akinleye, Narratives in Black British Dance: Embodied Practices, →ISBN, page 195:However, between Monrovia (6°20'N/10°46'W) and Buchanan (5°57'N/10°02'W) highlands approach to within 25 km of the coast. East of Buchanan the lowlands reach nearly 100 km inland, in the Cestos Valley, but narrow again to 30 km towards the eastern border.
(Can we date this quote?), “Liberia”, in Wetlands.org, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2011, page 1:
Deriveds
Highlands · Highlander · highland · Newton Highlands · highlander
Relateds
Translations (17)
sv högland (area of high land) · de Hochland (area of high land) · kmr zozan (area of high land) · gl montaña (area of high land) · mk возвише́нија (area of high land) · it acrocoro (area of high land) · es tierras altas (area of high land) · kk үстірт (area of high land) · kk қырат (area of high land) · bg възвишения (area of high land) · lo ດອນ (area of high land) · pt terras altas (area of high land) · he רמה (area of high land) · eo altaĵaro (area of high land) · km ស្រុកលើ (area of high land) · fr hautes terres (area of high land) · pl wyżyny (area of high land)