Definition of "highland" []

• Elevated land. (noun)
• A mountainous or hilly section of a country. (noun)
• Of, relating to, or characteristic of a highland. (adjective)

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• "Hudson and Connecticut rivers, from the highland, which is a continuation of the Kittatinney Ridge down to the Sound."
• "So great an inconvenience lessens their value very much, and makes highland, that is just tolerable, of greater advantage to the owner."
• "The Mahiccon, or Mahattan, who occupied Staten island, York island, (which from its being the principal seat of their residence was formerly called Mahatton) Long island and that part of New-York and Connecticut which lies between Hudson and Connecticut rivers, from the highland, which is a continuation of the Kittatinney ridge down to the Sound."