highland

n.

1. Elevated land.
2. highlands A mountainous or hilly section of a country.

adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a highland.

Named after the Scottish highlands.

• H. cattle — red-brown, brindle, dun or black, longhaired beef cattle with long spreading horns; called also West Highland.

  Highland beef cattle. By permission from Sambraus HH, Livestock Breeds, Mosby, 1992

• H. collie — see bearded collie.
• H. garron — see garron.
• H. pony — gray, dun, black or brown heavyweight pony with dorsal stripe, stands 12.3 to 14.2 hands high.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: elevated (e.g., mountainous) land
  Synonym: upland
  Antonym: lowland (meaning #1)

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The adjective highland has one meaning:

Meaning #1: used of high or hilly country
  Synonym: upland

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - højland

Nederlands (Dutch)
bergachtige streek, hooglanden, de Schotse Hooglanden, hoogland

Français (French)
n. - Hautes Terres (d'Écosse)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Hochland

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (γεωγρ.) υψίπεδο, ορεινή περιοχή

Italiano (Italian)
altopiano, montagna

Português (Portuguese)
n. - terra (f) montanhosa (Geog.)

Русский (Russian)
возвышенность, высокогорная местность

Español (Spanish)
n. - montañoso, de las montañas, montañés, de las tierras altas, tierras altas de Escocia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - högland

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
高地, 丘陵地带

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 高地, 丘陵地帶

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 고지, 스코틀랜드 고지지방

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 高地, 山地, ハイランド
adj. - 高地の, スコットランド高地の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نجد, هضبه, أرض جبليه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮איזור הררי, רמה, ברבים: סקוטלנד ההררית (הצפונית)‬

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the highland robber	Highland Phillies Frame
Paramount Highland Short	west highland terrier