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Meaning of highlands | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. a surname
  2. The mountainous northern area of Scotland.
    plural, plural-only
  3. A high area of land, lands higher than surrounding areas.
    plural, plural-only
  4. A town in Orange County, New York, United States.
    plural, plural-only
  5. A borough of Monmouth, New Jersey, United States.
    plural, plural-only
  6. A locality in the Shire of Mitchell and the Shire of Murrindindi, central Victoria, Australia.
    plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Cymraeg ucheldir
Deutsch Hochland
Esperanto altaĵaro
Galego montaña
עברית רָמָה
Italiano acrocoro
Português Terras Altas
Svenska högland

Examples

“However, between Monrovia (6°20'N/10°46'W) and Buchanan (5°57'N/10°02'W) highlands approach to within 25 km of the coast. East of Buchanan the lowlands reach nearly 100 km inland, in the Cestos Valley, but narrow again to 30 km towards the eastern border.”
“One of Ethiopia's most popular traditional dances, eskista, which is said to have originated from the lower highlands of Ethiopia's Amhara region, exemplifies the type of multi-functionality that Martin (1967) acknowledges as it is performed in many different settings of the Ethiopian community.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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