English Online Dictionary. What means highland? What does highland mean?
English
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ.lənd/, /ˈhaɪ.lɪnd/
- Hyphenation: high‧land
- Homophones: island (in aitch-dropping accents), Hyland
- Rhymes: -aɪlənd
Noun
highland (plural highlands)
- A high area; land that is higher than surrounding areas.
Hypernyms
- land
Derived terms
Related terms
- highlands