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Webster 1913 Edition

Highland

High′land

,
Noun.
Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the
pl.
) an elevated region or country;
as, the
Highlands
of Scotland
.
Highland fling
,
a dance peculiar to the Scottish Highlanders; a sort of hornpipe.

Webster 1828 Edition

Highland

HIGHLAND

,
Noun.
Elevated land; a mountainous region.
Highlands of Scotland, mountainous regions inhabited by the descendants of the ancient Celts, who retain their primitive language.
Highlands on the Hudson, sixty miles from New York. These afford most sublime and romantic scenery, and here is West Point, a fortified post during the revolution, and now the seat of one of the best military schools of the age.

Definition 2024

Highland

Highland

See also: highland

English

Adjective

Highland ‎(not comparable)

  1. relating to the Highlands.

highland

highland

See also: Highland

English

Adjective

highland

  1. Relating to highlands.

Translations

Noun

highland ‎(plural highlands)

  1. An area of land that is at elevation; mountainous land.

Hypernyms

Translations

Etymology

From Middle English *hei-land, *heiȝ-land, from Old English hēahland ‎(“highland”), equivalent to high +‎ land. Cognate with Scots heland, heyland, hieland ‎(“highland”), Dutch hoogland ‎(“highland”), German Hochland ‎(“highland”), Danish højland ‎(“highland”), Swedish högland ‎(“highland”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaɪlənd/
  • Hyphenation: high‧land

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