highland
/ˈhaɪ.lənd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.70 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or related to Highland or the Highlands.
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A council area in north-west Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
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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.
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A place in the United States, including:
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A place in the United States, including:
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A place in the United States, including:
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A place in the United States, including:
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: upland, upcountry"
- "The highlands of the Swiss Alps are home to many unique flowers."
- "A merchant has been convicted in Glasgow for adulterating the meal to the Highland poor."
Etymology
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”).