highland

Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.lənd/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun elevated (e.g., mountainous) land
  2. adjective used of high or hilly country

Etymology

From Middle English hy laund, holond (“highland, upland”), from Old English hēahland (“highland”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauhaland, *hauhalandī; equivalent to high + land. Cognate with Scots hieland (“highland”), Dutch hoogland (“highland”), German Hochland (“highland”), Danish højland (“highland”), Swedish högland (“highland”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

upland

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
natural elevation
Narrower (hyponyms)
tableland, down
Opposite (antonyms)
lowland

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