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/

Noun

highland (plural highlands)

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

Translations

mountainous land

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高地 (zh) (gāodì)

• Czech: vysočina (cs) f
• Dutch: hoogland n
• French: hauts-plateaux m pl, hautes terres f pl
• German: Hochland n
• Irish: ardchríoch f
• Italian: altopiano (it) m

• Japanese: 高地 (ja) (こうち, kōchi)
• Macedonian: планински крај m (pláninski kraj), горски крај m (górski kraj)
• Russian: нагорье (ru) n (nagór'je), плоскогорье (ru) n (ploskogór'je), горная страна f (górnaja straná)
• Scottish Gaelic: àrd-thìr m
• Swedish: högland (sv) n

Adjective

highland

1. Relating to highlands.

Translations

relating to highlands

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

• Scots: hieland
• Scottish Gaelic: àrd-thìreach