The city lies on the border between the coastal area and the neighboring highland.
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Highland
//ˈhaɪ.lənd//
Synonyms for "highland" (10 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
58 translations across 42 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- բարձրադիր noun (elevated land)
Belarusian
2 entries- суго́р'е noun (elevated land)
- узвы́шша noun (elevated land)
Bikol Central
1 entries- kabubuldan noun (elevated land)
Catalan
1 entries- terres altes noun (elevated land)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 高地 noun (elevated land)
Czech
1 entries- vysočina noun (elevated land)
Dutch
1 entries- hoogland noun (elevated land)
Esperanto
1 entries- altejo noun (elevated land)
Estonian
2 entries- kõrgustik noun (elevated land)
- mägismaa noun (elevated land)
French
2 entries- hautes terres noun (elevated land)
- hauts-plateaux noun (elevated land)
Galician
3 entries- montaña noun (elevated land)
- montes noun (elevated land)
- terra alta noun (elevated land)
Georgian
1 entries- მაღლობი noun (elevated land)
German
1 entries- Hochland noun (elevated land)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹 noun (elevated land)
Hindi
1 entries- पठार noun (elevated land)
Hungarian
1 entries- felföld noun (elevated land)
Indonesian
1 entries- dataran tinggi noun (elevated land)
Ingrian
1 entries- ylänkö noun (elevated land)
Irish
1 entries- ardchríoch noun (elevated land)
Italian
1 entries- altopiano noun (elevated land)
Japanese
1 entries- 高地 noun (elevated land)
Khmer
1 entries- ខ្ពង់រាប noun (elevated land)
Korean
1 entries- 고지 noun (elevated land)
Lithuanian
1 entries- aukštuma noun (elevated land)
Macedonian
4 entries- висо́чина noun (elevated land)
- возви́шеност noun (elevated land)
- возвише́ние noun (elevated land)
- го́рски крај noun (elevated land)
Malay
1 entries- tanah tinggi noun (elevated land)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- zozan noun (elevated land)
Oromo
1 entries- baddaa noun (elevated land)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یایلا noun (elevated land)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Huachlaunt noun (elevated land)
Polish
1 entries- wyżyna noun (elevated land)
Portuguese
1 entries- terra alta noun (elevated land)
Russian
4 entries- возвы́шенность noun (elevated land)
- го́рная страна́ noun (elevated land)
- наго́рье noun (elevated land)
- плоского́рье noun (elevated land)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- àrd-thìr noun (elevated land)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- gorje noun (elevated land)
Spanish
3 entries- sierra noun (elevated land)
- tierras altas noun (elevated land)
- zona montañosa noun (elevated land)
Swedish
1 entries- högland noun (elevated land)
Tagalog
2 entries- kataasan noun (elevated land)
- minangon noun (elevated land)
Tibetan
1 entries- མཐོ་སྒང noun (elevated land)
Ukrainian
2 entries- нагі́р'я noun (elevated land)
- узви́шшя noun (elevated land)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sơn nguyên noun (elevated land)
Welsh
1 entries- ucheldir noun (elevated land)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Benedito led his billy goat up the rocky path to graze on the highland grass.
Source: tatoeba (11738984)
Near-synonyms: upland, upcountry
Source: wiktionary
The highlands of the Swiss Alps are home to many unique flowers.
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