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Meanings of highland in inglés

español
montañoso

Used of high or hilly country.

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      Usage of highland in inglés
      1
      The result of the sweet potato's arrival was a highland population explosion.
      Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies
      2
      However, little information is available about the adaptive evolution of highland fishes.
      Pubmed
      3
      Human refuges now confined entirely to highland areas and the polar regions.
      The Guardian
      4
      We have considered the Laurentian highland and the glaciation which centered there.
      The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America
      5
      Some blame Aymara and other highland settlers, soy farmers and cattle ranchers.
      Reuters
      6
      A bright patch of sunlight shone on the wide highland plain ahead.
      Edge of Infinity
      7
      Will ye gee us a wee highland jig. That sort of thing.
      The Irish Times
      8
      By contrast, people living in highland areas were not at risk from malaria.
      BBC
      9
      But the last thing a Guatemalan highland village needs is imported unskilled labour.
      The Guardian
      10
      Hence the beauty and completeness, the finality of the highland peasant.
      Twilight in Italy
      11
      Protests were later reported in the PNG highland cities of Goroka and Mt.
      Reuters
      12
      He wore the picturesque highland dress-thetartan of the Clan Scott.
      The Lost Lady of Lone
      13
      The banks here were highland off to the left was a large swamp.
      The Scouts of the Valley
      14
      The highland provinces of El Quiché and Huehuetenango contain hundreds of unmarked graves.
      Grave Secrets
      15
      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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