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

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 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