Definition of Highlands of scotland

1. Noun. 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).

Exact synonyms: Highlands
Group relationships: Scotland
Generic synonyms: Highland, Upland
Derivative terms: Highlander, Highlander

Lexicographical Neighbors of Highlands Of Scotland

High Street
Highbury
Higher Intermediate Fare
Higher Intermediate Point
Higher National Diploma
Highland
Highland Gaelic
Highland games
Highland wildcat
Highland wildcats
Highlander
Highlanders
Highlandry
Highlands
Highlands and Islands
Highlands of Scotland
Highmore's body
Highness
Highnesses
Highveld
Highway Code
Highways Agency
Higi
Higson
Hiiumaa
Hijaz
Hijazi Arabic
Hijra
Hijri

Literary usage of Highlands of scotland

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of British Topography: A Classified Catalogue of the Topographical by John Parker Anderson (1881)
"A full and particular description of the Highlands of Scotland, ... A Journey to the Highlands of Scotland, with occasional remarks on Dr. Johnson's Tour. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"This custom is observed in many other places, particularly in North America. tricts of the Highlands of Scotland. It is used at funerals, but is otherwise ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1827)
"Prize Essay, on the State of Society and Knowledge in the Highlands of Scotland, particularly in the Northern Counties, at the Period of the Rebellion, ..."

4. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1895)
"NOTE ON SOME EFFECTS OF THE GALE IN THE highlands of scotland ON NOVEMBER 17th AND 18th, 1893. By ERIC STUART BRUCE, MA, FRMet.Soc. [Received October 4th. ..."

5. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1913)
"AN ODE ON THE POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS OF THE highlands of scotland '. Inscribed to Mr. Home, Author of Douglas Home, thou return'st from Thames, whose naiads ..."

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