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Definition of Highland
1. Adjective. Used of high or hilly country.
2. Noun. Elevated (e.g., mountainous) land.
Specialized synonyms: Highlands, Highlands Of Scotland
Specialized synonyms: Down, Plateau, Tableland
Generic synonyms: Elevation, Natural Elevation
Antonyms: Lowland
Definition of Highland
1. n. Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevated region or country; as, the Highlands of Scotland.
Definition of Highland
1. Adjective. relating to the Highlands. ¹
2. Noun. An area of land that is at elevation; mountainous land. ¹
3. Adjective. Relating to highlands. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Highland
1. an elevated region [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Highland
Literary usage of Highland
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1855)
"highland costume, Nodier on the, xi. 324—letter from a Goth on it, xii. ...
highland glens, description of the, xxxix. 28.6. highland hut, the, in a ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"v— 180 highland MARY YE BANKS and braes and streams around The castle o' Montgomery,
Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, Your waters never ..."
3. The Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1839)
"In a preceding volume we have given a short account of highland Mary, ...
The parents of highland Mary lived in Greenock, and she crossed the firth of Clyde ..."
4. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1916)
"The golden hours, on angel wings, Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me,
as light and life, Was my sweet highland Mary. Wi' monie a vow, ..."
5. A Complete Descriptive and Statistical Gazetteer of the United States of by Daniel Haskel, John Calvin Smith (1843)
"Richmond, 369 W. highland, t, Cambria со., Pa. It has 3 grist m., 6 saw m. ...
highland, L, Hancock со., О. It has 5 ech. 135 scholars. Pop. 332. ..."
6. Songs of Three Centuries by John Greenleaf Whittier (1875)
"If love for love thou wilt na gie, At least be pity to me shown ; A thought
ungentle canna be The thought o' Mary Morison. highland MARY. ..."
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