highlands
highlands noun: a high area of land, lands higher than surrounding areas.
Noun
highlands pl (plural only)
- A high area of land, lands higher than surrounding areas.
- However, between Monrovia (6°20'N/10°46'W) and Buchanan (5°57'N/10°02'W) highlands approach to within 25 km of the coast. East of Buchanan the lowlands reach nearly 100 km inland, in the Cestos Valley, but narrow again to 30 km towards the eastern border.(Can we date this quote?), “Liberia”, in Wetlands.org, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2011, page 1
- One of Ethiopia's most popular traditional dances, eskista, which is said to have originated from the lower highlands of Ethiopia's Amhara region, exemplifies the type of multi-functionality that Martin (1967) acknowledges as it is performed in many different settings of the Ethiopian community.2018 February 20, Adesola Akinleye, Narratives in Black British Dance: Embodied Practices, →ISBN, page 195
Proper noun capitalized: Highlands
(the) Highlands pl (plural only)
- The mountainous northern area of Scotland.
- A town in Orange County, New York, United States.
- A borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
- A locality in the Shire of Mitchell and the Shire of Murrindindi, central Victoria, Australia.
highlands meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
highlands in Hindi
- ऊंचे क्षेत्र
highlands in Tamil
- மலைப்பகுதி, பீட பூமி, வார்த்தைகளுள் ஒன்று, தரைப்பகுதியை விட, இங்கு குளிர்ச்சி மிகுதியாக இருக்கும்
highlands in Marathi
- उंच प्रदेश
highlands in Urdu
- ہائی لینڈز
More languagesFewer languages
- highlands in Bengali
- উচ্চভূমি uccobhumi
- highlands in Telugu
- ఎత్తైన ప్రాంతాలు
- highlands in Malayalam
- ഉയർന്ന പ്രദേശം
- highlands in Kannada
- ಎತ್ತರದ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳು
- highlands in Punjabi
- ਉੱਚੀਆਂ ਜ਼ਮੀਨਾਂ, ਉੱਚੇ ਖੇਤਰ
- highlands in Gujarati
- ઉચ્ચ પ્રદેશો, ઉચ્ચપ્રદેશો, ઉચ્ચ ભૂમિઓ
- highlands in Odia
- ଉଚ୍ଚଭୂମି, ଉଚ୍ଚଭୂମିଗୁଡ଼ିକ
- highlands in Nepali
- उच्च भूमिहरू, उच्चभूमिहरू
Origin of highlands
From high + lands.
Specific application of highlands, equivalent to high + lands.
Words formed from highlands
Phrases with highlands
Questions about highlands
- What does highlands mean?
- Highlands means a high area of land, lands higher than surrounding areas.
- What is highlands in Hindi?
- Highlands in Hindi is ऊंचे क्षेत्र. See Highlands meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is highlands?
- Highlands can be a noun or a proper noun.
Words near highlands in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: highlands (page history and authors); Highlands (page history and authors); highlands (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); highlands (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); highlands (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); highlands (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); উচ্চভূমি (Bengali) (page history and authors); highlands (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); highlands (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); highlands (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); highlands (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); highlands (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); highlands (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); highlands (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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