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Highlands

[ hahy-luhndz ]

noun

  1. (used with a singular verb) a mountainous region in N Scotland, N of the Grampians.


Highlands

/ ˈhaɪləndz /

noun

    1. the part of Scotland that lies to the northwest of the great fault that runs from Dumbarton to Stonehaven
    2. a smaller area consisting of the mountainous north of Scotland: distinguished by Gaelic culture
  1. often not capital the highland region of any country


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Example Sentences

I had to pause for sheep crossing the road, which is a common occurrence when driving through the Highlands of Scotland.

At least 50,000 families in the Andean highlands rely on herding alpaca for income and to sustain themselves.

I think the most unique experience at Highlands—maybe at all of Aspen—is a trip up to Highlands Bowl.

From that same part of the world, not far from the Highlands, we get the word OE, a whirlwind off OF the Faroe Islands.

The accusations against Rios Montt stem from the massacre of 1,171 people in the western highlands of Guatemala.

There is no more beautiful section in Scotland than this, though its beauty is not the rugged scenery of the Highlands.

He won prizes for classics and for verse-writing, and the vacations he spent as a tutor in the western Highlands.

For the last five years I have been planning to come to these Highlands and dig in—where humanity is the scarcest.

A storm below the highlands of the Hudson, if it be introduced with an easterly wind, seldom lasts less than two days.

The mango has also been introduced from India, and has taken to the Shir Highlands as to a second home.

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