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Definition of highland noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

highland

noun
 
/ˈhaɪlənd/
 
/ˈhaɪlənd/
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  1. [countable, usually plural] an area of land with hills or mountainsTopics Geographyb2
  2. the Highlands
     [plural] the high mountain region of Scotland compare lowland
  3. Highland
     a council area of northern Scotland, to the north of the Grampians (= a range of mountains) and including some of the Inner Hebrides islands. It is the largest of the council areas and has the lowest population density (= number of people per area of land). Its administrative centre and only city is Inverness.
    4. Word OriginOld English hēahlond ‘a high promontory’ (see high, land).
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