highlands

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Etymology

From high +‎ lands.

Noun

highlands pl (plural only)

  1. A high area of land, lands higher than surrounding areas.
    • 2018 February 20, Adesola Akinleye, Narratives in Black British Dance: Embodied Practices, →ISBN, page 195:
      One of Ethiopia's most popular traditional dances, eskista, which is said to have originated from the lower highlands of Ethiopia's Amhara region, exemplifies the type of multi-functionality that Martin (1967) acknowledges as it is performed in many different settings of the Ethiopian community.

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