dictionary definitions for "highland"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  highland
      adj : used of high or hilly country [syn: upland, {highland(a)}]
             [ant: lowland]
      n : elevated (e.g., mountainous) land [syn: upland] [ant:
          lowland]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  highland \highland\ adj.
     of, located in, or characteristic of high or hilly country.
     Contrasted to lowland. [prenominal] [Narrower terms:
     alpestrine, subalpine ; {alpine; {mountain(prenominal) ;
     {mountainous ]
  
     Syn: upland.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Highland \High"land\, n.
     Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevated
     region or country; as, the Highlands of Scotland.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Highland fling, a dance peculiar to the Scottish
        Highlanders; a sort of hornpipe.
        [1913 Webster]


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