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English
Etymology
Specific application of highland, equivalent to high + land.
Adjective
Highland (not comparable)
- Of or related to Highland or the Highlands.
Derived terms
Proper noun
Highland
- A council area in north-west Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
- A former region in Scotland created in 1975 from the counties of Inverness-shire, Nairnshire, Ross and Cromarty, Caithness, Sutherland and parts of Argyll and Moray, abolished in 1996.
- A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Highland Township.
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