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Meanings of highland in English

Spanish
montañoso

Used of high or hilly country.

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Usage of highland in English
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The result of the sweet potato's arrival was a highland population explosion.
Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies
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However, little information is available about the adaptive evolution of highland fishes.
Pubmed
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Human refuges now confined entirely to highland areas and the polar regions.
The Guardian
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We have considered the Laurentian highland and the glaciation which centered there.
The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America
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Some blame Aymara and other highland settlers, soy farmers and cattle ranchers.
Reuters
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A bright patch of sunlight shone on the wide highland plain ahead.
Edge of Infinity
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Will ye gee us a wee highland jig. That sort of thing.
The Irish Times
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By contrast, people living in highland areas were not at risk from malaria.
BBC
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But the last thing a Guatemalan highland village needs is imported unskilled labour.
The Guardian
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Hence the beauty and completeness, the finality of the highland peasant.
Twilight in Italy
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Protests were later reported in the PNG highland cities of Goroka and Mt.
Reuters
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He wore the picturesque highland dress-thetartan of the Clan Scott.
The Lost Lady of Lone
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The banks here were highland off to the left was a large swamp.
The Scouts of the Valley
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The highland provinces of El Quiché and Huehuetenango contain hundreds of unmarked graves.
Grave Secrets
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Peregrine Palmer was in difficulties, and desirous of parting with his highland estate.
What's Mine's Mine — Volume 3
16
East of the Jordan no such depression occurs, the highland there being continuous.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4: ...
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