Highland

See also: highland

English

Etymology

Proprialization of highland.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ.lənd/, /ˈhaɪ.lɪnd/
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  • Hyphenation: High‧land
  • Homophones: island (in aitch-dropping accents), Hyland
  • Rhymes: -aɪlənd

Adjective

Highland (not comparable)

  1. Of or related to Highland or the Highlands.

Derived terms

Proper noun

Highland

  1. A council area in north-west Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
  2. 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.
  3. A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
  4. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Highland Township.
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