Highlands

See also: highlands

English

The Highlands area of Scotland.

Etymology

Specific application of highlands, equivalent to high +‎ lands.

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England) (file)

Proper noun

the Highlands pl (plural only)

The mountainous northern area of Scotland.

Hypernyms

Scotland

Coordinate terms

Lowlands

Derived terms

Related terms

highland, Highland (n)

Translations

area of Scotland

Catalan: Terres altes d'Escòcia f pl
Finnish: Skotlannin ylämaa
French: Highlands (fr) m, Hautes-Terres (fr) f pl
Irish: na Garbhchríocha
Scottish-Gaelic: Gàidhealtachd
Welsh: Ucheldir m

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