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n. - Elevated (e.g., mountainous) land.

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  • Hudson and Connecticut rivers, from the highland, which is a continuation of the Kittatinney Ridge down to the Sound.
  • So great an inconvenience lessens their value very much, and makes highland, that is just tolerable, of greater advantage to the owner.
  • To write the word "highland," the pen has to make twenty-two strokes.
  • Terrain: rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau
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