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• HIGHLANDS (noun)
The noun HIGHLANDS has 1 sense:

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)

Familiarity information: HIGHLANDS used as a noun is very rare.

• HIGHLANDS (noun)

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Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Highlands; Highlands of Scotland

Instance hypernyms:

highland; upland (elevated (e.g., mountainous) land)

Holonyms ("Highlands" is a part of...):

Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)

"His bark is worse than his bite."
(English proverb)
"All that glisters is not gold."
(William Shakespeare)
"Who does, pays."
(Catalan proverb)
"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth."
(Corsican proverb)

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