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
• Homophone: island (aitch dropping accents)

Noun

highland (plural highlands)

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

Hypernyms

• land

Derived terms

• Highland County
• Highlands County

Translations

mountainous land

• Belarusian: суго́р'е n (suhórʺje), узвы́шша n (uzvýšša)
• Bikol Central: kabubuldan
• Catalan: terres altes f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高地 (zh) (gāodì)

• Czech: vysočina (cs) f
• Dutch: hoogland (nl) n
• French: hauts-plateaux m pl, hautes terres f pl
• Galician: terra alta f, montaña (gl) f, montes m pl
• Georgian: მაღლობი (maɣlobi)
• German: Hochland (de) n
• Hindi: पठार (hi) m (paṭhār)
• Hungarian: felföld (hu)
• Irish: ardchríoch f
• Italian: altopiano (it) m
• Japanese: 高地 (ja) (こうち, kōchi)
• Khmer: ខ្ពង់រាប (km) (khpŭəngriəp)
• Korean: 고지 (ko) (goji)

• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: планински крај m (planinski kraj), горски крај m (gorski kraj)
• Malay: tanah tinggi
• Oromo: baddaa
• Plautdietsch: Huachlaunt n
• Polish: wyżyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: terra alta f
• Russian: наго́рье (ru) n (nagórʹje), плоского́рье (ru) n (ploskogórʹje), го́рная страна́ f (górnaja straná), возвы́шенность (ru) f (vozvýšennostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: àrd-thìr m
• Spanish: tierras altas f pl
• Swedish: högland (sv) n
• Tagalog: kataasan, minangon
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: нагі́р'я n (nahírʺja), узви́шшя n (uzvýššja)
• Vietnamese: sơn nguyên
• Welsh: ucheldir (cy) m

Adjective

highland

1. Relating to highlands.

Translations

relating to highlands

• Belarusian: го́рны (hórny)
• Czech: horský (cs)
• Dutch: hoogland (nl) n
• Macedonian: горски (gorski)
• Polish: górski (pl)

• Russian: го́рный (ru) (górnyj)
• Scots: hieland
• Scottish Gaelic: àrd-thìreach
• Ukrainian: гірськи́й (uk) (hirsʹkýj)