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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]highlands pl (plural only)
- A high area of land, lands higher than surrounding areas.
- 2018 February 20, Adesola Akinleye, Narratives in Black British Dance: Embodied Practices, →ISBN, page 195:
- One of Ethiopia's most popular traditional dances, eskista, which is said to have originated from the lower highlands of Ethiopia's Amhara region, exemplifies the type of multi-functionality that Martin (1967) acknowledges as it is performed in many different settings of the Ethiopian community.
Derived terms
[edit]- highland (adj)
- highlander
- Highlands, Highlander
Related terms
[edit]- highland (n)
Translations
[edit]area of high land
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