n. & adj.
--n. (usu. in pl.)
1. an area of high land.
2 (the Highlands) the mountainous part of Scotland.
--adj. of or in a highland or the Highlands.
Phrases and idioms:
Highland cattle
1. cattle of a shaggy-haired breed with long curved widely-spaced horns.
2 this breed. Highland dress the kilt etc. Highland fling see FLING n. 3.
Derivatives:
highlander n. (also Highlander). Highlandman n. (pl. -men).
Etymology: OE heahlond promontory (as HIGH, LAND)