highland

See also: Highland

English

Etymology

From Middle English *hei-land, *heiȝ-land, from Old English hēahland (“highland”), equivalent to high +‎ land. Cognate with Scots heland, heyland, hieland (“highland”), Dutch hoogland (“highland”), German Hochland (“highland”), Danish højland (“highland”), Swedish högland (“highland”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪlənd/
• Hyphenation: high‧land

Adjective

highland

1. Relating to highlands.

Translations

relating to highlands

• Czech: horský (cs) m
• Dutch: hoogland (nl) n
• Macedonian: горски m (górski)

• Scots: hieland
• Scottish Gaelic: àrd-thìreach

Noun

highland (plural highlands)

1. An area of land that is at elevation; mountainous land.

Hypernyms

• land

Derived terms

• Highland County

Translations

mountainous land

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高地 (zh) (gāodì)

• Czech: vysočina (cs) f
• Dutch: hoogland (nl) n
• French: hauts-plateaux m pl, hautes terres f pl
• Georgian: მაღლობი (maɣlobi)
• German: Hochland (de) n
• Hungarian: felföld (hu)
• Irish: ardchríoch f
• Italian: altopiano (it) m
• Japanese: 高地 (ja) (こうち, kōchi)

• Khmer: ខ្ពង់រាប (km) (kpʊəŋ-riep)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: планински крај m (pláninski kraj), горски крај m (górski kraj)
• Malay: tanah tinggi
• Portuguese: terra alta f
• Russian: наго́рье (ru) n (nagórʹje), плоского́рье (ru) n (ploskogórʹje), го́рная страна́ f (górnaja straná)
• Scottish Gaelic: àrd-thìr m
• Swedish: högland (sv) n
• Tagalog: kataasan, minangon
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can