Highlands

[ hahy-luhndz ]

noun

1. (used with a singular verb) a mountainous region in N Scotland, N of the Grampians.

Highlands

/ ˈhaɪləndz /

noun

1. 1. the part of Scotland that lies to the northwest of the great fault that runs from Dumbarton to Stonehaven
   2. a smaller area consisting of the mountainous north of Scotland: distinguished by Gaelic culture
2. often not capital the highland region of any country

Example Sentences

The narrator, Inti, is leading a rewilding project in Scotland, helping introduce wolves back into the Highlands.

From Outside Online

Highlands, a seaside borough just south of New York City, gave more than $18,000 in similar payments to five cops over the same three-year period, records show.

From ProPublica

Highlands Borough Administrator Michael Muscillo, who was hired in January, said the town would stop making the payments.

From ProPublica

At Snowmass, Highlands, and Buttermilk, you can skin up all day along designated routes marked by orange signs.

From Outside Online

For decades he has ventured beyond the classroom to study languages in Kenya, India, the Himalayas, and the Scottish Highlands.

From Nautilus

I had to pause for sheep crossing the road, which is a common occurrence when driving through the Highlands of Scotland.

From The Daily Beast

At least 50,000 families in the Andean highlands rely on herding alpaca for income and to sustain themselves.

From The Daily Beast

I think the most unique experience at Highlands—maybe at all of Aspen—is a trip up to Highlands Bowl.

From The Daily Beast

From that same part of the world, not far from the Highlands, we get the word OE, a whirlwind off OF the Faroe Islands.

From The Daily Beast

The accusations against Rios Montt stem from the massacre of 1,171 people in the western highlands of Guatemala.

From The Daily Beast

There is no more beautiful section in Scotland than this, though its beauty is not the rugged scenery of the Highlands.

From Project Gutenberg

He won prizes for classics and for verse-writing, and the vacations he spent as a tutor in the western Highlands.

From Project Gutenberg

For the last five years I have been planning to come to these Highlands and dig in—where humanity is the scarcest.

From Project Gutenberg

A storm below the highlands of the Hudson, if it be introduced with an easterly wind, seldom lasts less than two days.

From Project Gutenberg

The mango has also been introduced from India, and has taken to the Shir Highlands as to a second home.

From Project Gutenberg