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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ.lənd/, /ˈhaɪ.lɪnd/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: high‧land
- Homophones: island (in aitch-dropping accents), Hyland
- Rhymes: -aɪlənd
Noun[edit]
highland (plural highlands)
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Translations[edit]
elevated land
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