highlands

1. 1.

   a mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty; known for the style of dress (the kilt and tartan) and the clan system (now in disuse)

   SynonymsHighlands of Scotland

   Broaderhighland

   Part ofScotland

Other forms of highlands

plural

highlandses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about highlands

What does highlands mean?

highlands means "a mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty; known for the style of dress (the kilt and tartan) and the clan system (now in disuse)".

How many syllables are in highlands?

highlands has 2 syllables: high-lands. The stress falls on "high". In IPA it is /ˈhaɪləndz/.

What is another word for highlands?

Close synonyms include Highlands of Scotland. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is highlands a common word?

highlands is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.