1 an area in the north of Scotland that was one of nine local government regions until 1996 and is now a council area (= an area with its own local government):
The couple met as teenagers in the highland village of Soloma.
Melting ice thunders along highland valleys in a torrent of mud and rock.
Eight councils, including Glasgow, Highland, and Fife, recycled below 5%.
Inverness, 34 miles away, is the administrative capital of the Highland region.
However, unlike in the highlands, only the big commercial farmers were present in the lowlands.
I was initially puzzled to discover that songs to highland swidden deities had been incorporated into a regular lowland domestic rite.
