What is "highland"

highland \highland\ adj. of, located in, or characteristic of high or hilly country. Contrasted to lowland. [prenominal] [Narrower terms: alpestrine, subalpine ; {alpine; {mountain(prenominal) ; {mountainous ]

Syn: upland.

Old English heohlond; see high (adj.) + land (n.). Highlands "mountainous district of Scotland" first recorded early 15c.

a. Relating to #Noun. n. An area of land that is at elevation; mountainous land.

adj. used of high or hilly country [syn: upland, highland(a)] [ant: lowland]

n. elevated (e.g., mountainous) land [syn: upland] [ant: lowland]

Highland (; ) is a council area in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest local government area in the United Kingdom. It shares borders with the council areas of Aberdeenshire, Argyll and Bute, Moray and Perth and Kinross. Their councils, and those of Angus and Stirling, also have areas of the Scottish Highlands within their administrative boundaries. The Highland area covers most of the mainland and inner-Hebridean parts of the former counties of Inverness-shire and Ross and Cromarty, all of Caithness, Nairnshire and Sutherland and small parts of Argyll and Moray.

Highland is a broad term for an elevated mountainous plateau.

Highland, Highlands, or The Highlands, may also refer to:

The term highland or uplands is used to denote any mountainous region or elevated mountainous plateau. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) tends to refer to ranges of hills, typically up to 500-600 m. Highland (or highlands) is usually reserved for ranges of low mountains.

Highland is a German dance/ hip hop project.

1. redirect Highland, Indiana

Highland is a MBTA commuter rail station in West Roxbury, Massachusetts serving the Needham Line. The station is fully wheelchair accessible, with a 1-car-length "mini-high" high level platform.

Highland is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network, located in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. Located in a railroad cut, the stop is designed as a small commuter stop, serving area residents who walk to the train so they can be taken toward Downtown Pittsburgh.

Highland is a Capital MetroRail commuter rail station in Austin, Texas, USA. It is located in northeast Austin at the intersection of Airport Boulevard and Highland Mall Boulevard, just northwest of the I-35/ Highway 290 interchange directly across the street from Highland Mall.

Highland is the debut album by Swedish group One More Time, released in 1992.

The Highland was one of the first types of automobile to be offered for sale in Australia. Charles Highland was a Sydney bicycle dealer who imported a Daimler petrol engine in 1894 and constructed a primitive motorised tricycle. Two years later Highland and his son Charles Jnr built a four-wheeled, two-seater vehicle using bicycle components and a De Dion-Bouton engine. Replicas of this car were offered for sale in 1897 but it is not known how many were built or sold.

Highland is a former Rochester Industrial and Rapid Transit Railway station located in Rochester, New York. It was closed in 1956 along with the rest of the line.

This station was built at Highland Avenue in a cutting that had once been the bed of the Erie Canal and is now a section of the Interstate 590 highway.

Highland is a song performed by Swedish group One More Time. The song was written by Nanne Grönvall and Peter Grönvall, and released as a single in 1992. The song became one of the group's most international successes, ending up in second position at the Swedish singles chart. The song is also on the group's 1992 studio album Highland.

Highland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Byron G. Highland (1934–1967), American combat photographer
• Jacob Highland (born 1932), American volleyball player
• Ron Highland, American politician

A highland is an Irish musical form in duple meter, largely idiomatic of Donegal. Like the fling, it is related to the Scottish highland fling and the hornpipe, found throughout the British Isles. Like its Scottish cousin, a fling is played in cut time and has a dotted rhythm. Like the Scottish strathspey, quarter notes may sometimes be articulated as triplets or Scots snaps. However, unlike the strathspey, these Scots snaps are usually less sharply articulated. They are also played more slowly than reels and are strongly accented on the first beat, which tends to be a note quarter note in length. A typical fling has a 32- bar form divided into two parts, each consisting of eight bars which are repeated: AABB.

• A transcription of the Jimmy Lyon's Highland