Meanings
highland1
Highland2
- 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 place in the United States, including:
- A city in San Bernardino County, California.
- 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.
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adjectiveused of high or hilly country
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Origin
highland · noun
- Proto-West Germanic*hauhaland
- Old Englishhēahland“highland”
- Middle Englishhy laund
- Englishhighland
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”).
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Arabic نَجْد, صَعِيد
- نَجْد (najd)elevated land
- صَعِيد (ṣaʕīd)elevated land
Catalan terres altes
- terres alteselevated land
Chinese Mandarin 高地
- 高地 (gāodì)elevated land
Czech vysočina
- vysočinaelevated land
Dutch hoogland
- hooglandelevated land
Esperanto altejo
- altejoelevated land
Estonian kõrgustik, mägismaa
- kõrgustikelevated land
- mägismaaelevated land
Finnish ylänkö, ylämaa
- ylänköelevated land
- ylämaaelevated land
French hauts-plateaux, hautes terres
- hauts-plateauxelevated land
- hautes terreselevated land
German Hochland
- Hochlandelevated land
Hebrew רָמָה
- רָמָה (ramá)elevated land
Hindi पठार
- पठार (paṭhār)elevated land
Hungarian felföld
- felföldelevated land
Indonesian dataran tinggi
- dataran tinggielevated land
Irish ardchríoch
- ardchríochelevated land
Italian altopiano
- altopianoelevated land
Japanese 高地
- 高地 (kōchi)elevated land
Korean 고지
- 고지 (goji)elevated land
Lithuanian aukštuma
- aukštumaelevated land
Malay tanah tinggi
- tanah tinggielevated land
Polish wyżyna
- wyżynaelevated land
Portuguese terra alta
- terra altaelevated land
Russian наго́рье, плоского́рье
- наго́рье (nagórʹje)elevated land
- плоского́рье (ploskogórʹje)elevated land
- го́рная страна́ (górnaja straná)elevated land
- возвы́шенность (vozvýšennostʹ)elevated land
Scottish Gaelic àrd-thìr
- àrd-thìrelevated land
Spanish tierras altas, sierra
- tierras altaselevated land
- sierraelevated land
- zona montañosaelevated land
Swedish högland
- höglandelevated land
Tagalog kataasan, minangon
- kataasanelevated land
- minangonelevated land
Turkish yayla
- yaylaelevated land
Ukrainian нагі́р'я, узви́шшя
- нагі́р'я (nahírʺja)elevated land
- узви́шшя (uzvýššja)elevated land
Vietnamese sơn nguyên
- sơn nguyênelevated land
Welsh ucheldir
- ucheldirelevated land
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highland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/highland
“highland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/highland. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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