adj · name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈhaɪ.lənd/
/ˈhaɪ.lɪnd/
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homophone: island (in aitch-dropping accents)
homophone: Hyland
rhymes with -aɪlənd
CMU ARPABET:HH AY1 L AH0 N D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 1
Of or related to Highland or the Highlands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 2
A council area in north-west Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 3
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
name
Meaning 4
A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 5
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Highland Township.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 6
A high area; land that is higher than surrounding areas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Near-synonyms: upland, upcountry
The highlands of the Swiss Alps are home to many unique flowers.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: upland, upcountry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: land
7
noun
Meaning 7
elevated (e.g., mountainous) land
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: upland
Antonyms: lowland
Broader terms: natural elevation, elevation
Narrower terms: down, tableland, plateau, Highlands, Highlands of Scotland
History
Etymology
Proprialization of highland.
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”).
Across languages
Translations
64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
բարձրադիր
(barjradir)
— elevated land
Belarusian:
суго́р'е
(suhórʺje)
— elevated land
Belarusian:
узвы́шша
(uzvýšša)
— elevated land
Central Bikol:
kabubuldan
— elevated land
Catalan:
terres altes
— elevated land
Chinese Mandarin:
高地
(gāodì)
— elevated land
Czech:
vysočina
— elevated land
Dutch:
hoogland
— elevated land
Esperanto:
altejo
— elevated land
Estonian:
kõrgustik
— elevated land
Estonian:
mägismaa
— elevated land
French:
hauts-plateaux
— elevated land
French:
hautes terres
— elevated land
Galician:
terra alta
— elevated land
Galician:
montaña
— elevated land
Galician:
montes
— elevated land
Georgian:
მაღლობი
(maɣlobi)
— elevated land
German:
Hochland
— elevated land
Gothic:
𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹
(bairgahei)
— elevated land
Hindi:
पठार
(paṭhār)
— elevated land
Hungarian:
felföld
— elevated land
Indonesian:
dataran tinggi
— elevated land
Ingrian:
ylänkö
— elevated land
Irish:
ardchríoch
— elevated land
Italian:
altopiano
— elevated land
Japanese:
高地
(kōchi)
— elevated land
Kazakh:
үстірт
(üstırt)
— elevated land
Kazakh:
қырат
(qyrat)
— elevated land
Kazakh:
таулы қырат
(tauly qyrat)
— elevated land
Kazakh:
таулы өлке
(tauly ölke)
— elevated land
Khmer:
ខ្ពង់រាប
(khpŭəngriəp)
— elevated land
Korean:
고지
(goji)
— elevated land
Northern Kurdish:
zozan
— elevated land
Lao:
ດອນ
(dǭn)
— elevated land
Lithuanian:
aukštuma
— elevated land
Macedonian:
пла́нински крај
(pláninski kraj)
— elevated land
Macedonian:
го́рски крај
(górski kraj)
— elevated land
Macedonian:
возвише́ние
(vozvišénie)
— elevated land
Macedonian:
возви́шеност
(vozvíšenost)
— elevated land
Macedonian:
висо́чина
(visóčina)
— elevated land
Malay:
tanah tinggi
— elevated land
Oromo:
baddaa
— elevated land
Plautdietsch:
Huachlaunt
— elevated land
Polish:
wyżyna
— elevated land
Portuguese:
terra alta
— elevated land
Russian:
наго́рье
(nagórʹje)
— elevated land
Russian:
плоского́рье
(ploskogórʹje)
— elevated land
Russian:
го́рная страна́
(górnaja straná)
— elevated land
Russian:
возвы́шенность
(vozvýšennostʹ)
— elevated land
