What does Highlands mean?
Definitions for Highlands
ˈhaɪ ləndzhigh·lands
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Princeton's WordNet
Highlands, Highlands of Scotlandnoun
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)
Wiktionary
Highlandsnoun
A mountainous area of Scotland.
highlandsnoun
An area of high land.
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ChatGPT
highlands
Highlands are areas of land that are elevated and higher in altitude than the surrounding terrain. These areas, which may include mountains, hills, or plateaus, usually have cooler climates, diverse vegetation, and are often used for agriculture or as natural habitats for various wildlife species. They often provide a scenic view of the landscape and may also include bodies of water such as rivers or lakes.
Wikidata
Highlands
Highlands is an incorporated town in Macon County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located on a plateau in the southern Appalachian Mountains, within the Nantahala National Forest, it lies mostly in southeastern Macon County and slightly in southwestern Jackson County, in the Highlands and Cashiers townships, respectively. The permanent population was 924 at the 2010 census. The population swells to 10,000-15,000 during the season from spring to fall.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
HIGHLANDS
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Highlands is ranked #104602 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Highlands surname appeared 171 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Highlands.
96.4% or 165 total occurrences were White.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Highlands in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Highlands in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Highlands in a Sentence
Today, Lake Turkana gets about 90 % of its water from the SW Ethiopian highlands via the Omo River, and the remaining 10 % from the western Kenyan highlands via the Turkwel and Kerio Rivers. During times past, rainfall in all these areas fluctuated, and Lake Turkana expanded and contracted as weather systems changed.
What we would call November, or the early part of it, appears to have been the designated end-of-harvest and beginning-of-winter time among peoples who spoke or speak Irish Celtic languages -- primarily represented today by the Irish, the Scottish particularly of the Highlands and islands, the Welsh, and the Bretons -- but the Celtic languages were far more widespread throughout Europe in ancient times, in Irish, this time or, specifically, what we would call November 1, is known as Samhain, which probably means' end of summer,'.
I have to believe that the quick response of the officers that got inside Highlands Ranch helped save lives.
Many years I lived in the highlands, gazing at the lowlands. Then I decided to go down. Now, I look up at the highlands.
While this case remains very active and we continue to follow up with information obtained during interviews, we can tie Mr. Bufkin to thefts in at least 11 break-ins in the Highlands area, while we have solved multiple thefts in our area, some items recovered are from thefts that have not been discovered by homeowners and therefore have not been reported.
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