Boykos
The Boykos or Boikos (; ; ; ), or simply Highlanders (; ), are an ethnolinguistic group located in the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine, Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland. Along with the neighbouring Lemkos and Hutsuls, the Boykos are a regional subg ...
, an ethnolinguistic Rusyn subgroup living in the Carpathian Mountains
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Gorals
The Gorals (; Goral ethnolect: ''Górole''; ; Cieszyn Silesian dialect, Cieszyn Silesian: ''Gorole''), also anglicized as the Highlanders, are an ethnographic group with historical ties to the Vlachs. The Goral people are primarily found in thei ...
(lit. ''Highlanders''), a culture in southern Poland and northern Slovakia
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Gorani people
The Gorani (, ) or Goranci (, ), are a Slavic ethnic group inhabiting the Gora region, the triangle between Kosovo, Albania, and North Macedonia. They number an estimated 60,000 people and speak a transitional South Slavic dialect called '' G ...
(lit. ''Highlanders''), a group inhabiting the triangle between Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia
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Hill people
Hill people, also referred to as mountain people, is a general term for people who live in the hills and mountains.
This includes all rugged land above and all land (including plateaus) above elevation.
The climate is generally harsh, with s ...
, who live in hills and mountains
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Kurds
Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ...
, ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in West Asia
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Merina people
The Merina people (also known as the Imerina, Antimerina, Borizany or Ambaniandro) formerly called Amboalambo are the largest ethnic group in Madagascar.
, an ethnic group from the central plateau of Madagascar
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Montagnard (Vietnam)
Montagnards () is an umbrella term for the various indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The French term () signifies a mountain dweller, and is a carryover from the French colonial period in Vietnam. In Vietnamese, they ...
, various ethnic groups in the highlands of Vietnam
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Pahari people (disambiguation)
Pahari or Pahadi may refer to:
* Pahari language, the name of several languages and dialects of South Asia
* Pahari people (Nepal), an ethnic group of Nepal
* Pahari people, a cover term for many Northern Indo-Aryan languages, Northern Indo-Aryan s ...
, various ethnic groups from the Himalayas
* Malësor or Malok (lit. ''Highlanders''), a person from
Malësia
Malësia e Madhe ("Great Highlands"), known simply as Malësia (, ), is a historical and ethnographic region in northern Albania and eastern central Montenegro corresponding to the highlands of the geographical subdivision of the Malësi e Madhe ...
(highlands) in Albania
* a person from the
Ethiopian Highlands
The Ethiopian Highlands (also called the Abyssinian Highlands) is a rugged mass of mountains in Ethiopia in Northeast Africa. It forms the largest continuous area of its elevation in the continent, with little of its surface falling below , whil ...
* a person from the
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands (; , ) is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Scottish Lowlands, Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Scots language, Lowland Scots language replaced Scottish Gae ...
* Montañés (lit. ''Highlanders''), the people of
Cantabria
Cantabria (, ; ) is an autonomous community and Provinces of Spain, province in northern Spain with Santander, Cantabria, Santander as its capital city. It is called a , a Nationalities and regions of Spain, historic community, in its current ...
in northern Spain
* Southern Highlanders, the mountain people of Southern
Appalachia
Appalachia ( ) is a geographic region located in the Appalachian Mountains#Regions, central and southern sections of the Appalachian Mountains in the east of North America. In the north, its boundaries stretch from the western Catskill Mountai ...
in the eastern United States
Publications
* ''The Highlander'', a book written by
James Macpherson
James Macpherson ( Gaelic: ''Seumas MacMhuirich'' or ''Seumas Mac a' Phearsain''; 27 October 1736 – 17 February 1796) was a Scottish writer, poet, literary collector, and politician. He is known for the Ossian cycle of epic poems, which he ...
* ''The Highlander'' (newspaper), a Gaelic-language political newspaper based in Scotland
* ''The Highlander'', the student newspaper of the
University of California, Riverside
The University of California, Riverside (UCR or UC Riverside) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Riverside, California, United States. It is one of the ten campuses of the University of Cali ...
Team Fortress 2
''Team Fortress 2'' (''TF2'') is a Multiplayer video game, multiplayer first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve Corporation in 2007. It is the sequel to the 1996 ''Team Fortress'' Mod (video gaming), mod for ''Quake (video g ...
Lost Horizon (band)
Lost Horizon is a Swedish power metal band from Gothenburg. The band has esoteric stage personas similar to sword and sorcery fantasy, with the members wearing studded leather, cloaks and face paint. In their albums' liner notes, their stage na ...
Military
* Highland regiments
** :Highland regiments, a list of regiments formed of or following Highlander Regiments tradition
* Highlanders, nickname of the
1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion is a fast and mobilized armored terrestrial reconnaissance battalion of the United States Marine Corps. Nicknamed the "Highlanders," their primary weapon system is the LAV-25 Li ...
, a light armored U.S. Marine Corps battalion based out of MCB Camp Pendleton, California
* , a Royal Navy H-Class destroyer that served in World War II
Highlanders (rugby union)
The Highlanders (; formerly the Otago Highlanders) is a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Dunedin that compete in Super Rugby. The team was formed in 1996 to represent the lower South Island in the newly formed Super 12 competit ...
, a rugby union team based in Dunedin, New Zealand
* The Highlanders, a Scottish cricket franchise in the
North Sea Pro Series
The North Sea Pro Series was a professional cricket league featuring teams from the Netherlands and Scotland, first contested in 2014. A joint venture between the Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond, Royal Dutch Cricket Board (KNCB) and Cricket S ...
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The Highlanders (professional wrestling) The Highlanders may refer to:
*Highlanders (rugby union), a professional rugby union team
*Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons), the 4th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland
*The Highlanders Shinty Club, a shinty club representing th ...
, a tag team in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
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Highlanders F.C.
Highlanders Football Club, or more commonly Highlanders F.C., is a Zimbabwean football club based in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe that plays in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League. It is also known colloquially as iBosso, Amahlolanyama.
Founded in 1926 ...
, a Zimbabwean football (soccer) club
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Highland Football League
The Scottish Highland Football League (SHFL, commonly known as the Highland League) is a senior football league based in the north of Scotland. The league sits at level 5 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the Scott ...
, one of three senior non-league football (soccer) leagues in Scotland
* Cape Breton Highlanders (basketball), a Canadian basketball team based in Nova Scotia
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Mbabane Highlanders F.C.
Mbabane Highlanders is an Eswatini, Liswati association football, football club based in Mbabane. They have won more national titles than any other club, although their most recent league title was in 2001.
Achievements
* Swazi Premier League: 1 ...
, a Swazi football (soccer) club
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New York Highlanders
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division. They are one ...
, an American baseball team later renamed New York Yankees
NJIT Highlanders
The NJIT Highlanders, formerly the New Jersey Tech Highlanders, are the varsity sport members of the Division I NCAA-affiliated sports teams of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). There are ten men's teams, seven women's teams, and three ...
, New Jersey Institute of Technology
* Radford Highlanders, Radford University, in southwest Virginia, US
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University of California, Riverside Highlanders
The UC Riverside Highlanders represent the University of California, Riverside (UCR) in Riverside, California in 15 men's and women's intercollegiate athletics. The Highlanders compete in NCAA Division I; they are members of the Big West Confere ...
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Houghton College
Houghton University is a Private university, private Christian liberal arts college in Houghton, New York, United States. Houghton was founded in 1883 by Willard J. Houghton and is affiliated with the Wesleyan Church.Doherty Memorial High School, Worcester, Massachusetts
* Glenvar High School, Roanoke County, Virginia
* Governor Livingston High School, Berkeley Heights, Union County, New Jersey
* Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, Columbia, South Carolina
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Herricks High School
Herricks High School is a comprehensive public high school, located in Searingtown, Nassau County, New York, United States. The sole high school within the Herricks Union Free School District, the school is accredited by the New York State Boa ...
Lake Highland Preparatory School
Lake Highland Preparatory School is a private, coeducational school in Orlando, Florida. It is the largest private school in Orlando and the fourth-largest private school in the state. It serves grades pre-K through 12, separated into lower (gr ...
McLean High School
McLean High School is a public high school within the Fairfax County Public Schools in McLean, Virginia, United States. In 2024, ''U.S. News & World Report'' rated McLean the 218th-best U.S. public high school, and fifth-best in Virginia.
Hist ...
, McLean, Virginia
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Northern Highlands Regional High School
Northern Highlands Regional High School (NHRHS) is a regional public high school and school district in Allendale, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The school serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Allendale ...
, Allendale, Bergen County, New Jersey
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Northwestern Regional High School
Northwestern Regional High School is a public regional high school located in Winsted, Connecticut, serving the towns of Barkhamsted, Colebrook, New Hartford and Norfolk
Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county ...
, Winsted, Connecticut
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Oak Hills High School
Oak Hills High School is a four-year Public school (government funded), public secondary school located in Bridgetown, Ohio, with a mailing address of Cincinnati. Oak Hills often is referred to as "OHHS" by its students and faculty. It is run ...
The Woodlands High School
The Woodlands High School is a public high school located in The Woodlands CDP in Montgomery County, Texas, and is a part of the Conroe Independent School District. A section of the Montgomery County portion of The Woodlands and unincorporated ...
, The Woodlands, Texas
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Thomas McKean High School
Thomas McKean High School is a comprehensive public high school located on 301 McKennan's Church Road in unincorporated area, unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, with a Wilmington, Delaware, Wilmington postal address. It is a part of the ...
, Wilmington, Delaware
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West Morris Central High School
West Morris Central High School (WMCHS) is a four-year comprehensive high school, comprehensive state school, public Secondary education in the United States, high school that serves students in ninth grade, ninth through twelfth grades from Was ...
, Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey
* Royal High School, Simi Valley, California
* Granada Hills Charter, Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California
Vehicles
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H1ghlander
H1ghlander is an autonomous vehicle. Created by Carnegie Mellon University's Red Team, it is a heavily modified 1999 HUMMER H1. It competed in the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge.
The sensors used by H1ghlander include LIDAR laser-ranging unit ...
, an autonomous vehicle created by Carnegie Mellon University's Red Team for the DARPA Grand Challenge
* Highlander (dinghy), a dinghy class sailboat manufactured by Allen Boat Company
* AirLony Highlander, a Czech ultralight biplane
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Toyota Highlander
The Toyota Highlander, also known as the , is a mid-size crossover SUV with three-row seating produced by Toyota since 2000.
Announced in April 2000 at the New York International Auto Show and arriving in late 2000 in Japan and January 2001 ...
, a sport utility vehicle
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MV Highlanders
MV ''Highlanders'' (ex-MV ''Stena Traveller'') is a Ro-Pax passenger/vehicle ferry operated by the Canadian Crown corporation Marine Atlantic. She operates between the islands of Newfoundland and Cape Breton in eastern Canada and is named aft ...
, Canadian ferry
* '' Royal Highlander'', a former passenger train traveling between London and Inverness, Scotland
Glenfinnan
Glenfinnan ( ) is a hamlet in Lochaber area of the Scottish Highlands, Highlands of Scotland. In 1745 the Jacobite rising of 1745, Jacobite rising began here when Prince Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") raised his House of Stuart ...
, Scotland
* a statue on the
51st (Highland) Division Monument (Beaumont-Hamel)
The 51st (Highland) Division Memorial at Beaumont-Hamel is a memorial in France commemorating the soldiers of the 51st (Highland) Division killed during First World War, World War I. The memorial is located near Y Ravine on the Beaumont-Hamel N ...
, France
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Highlander (Hansa-Park)
The Highlander is a Gyro drop, gyro drop tower at Hansa-Park, located in Sierksdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, with a total height of to the top and a fall height of . This made it the world's tallest gyro drop tower and the world's tallest a ...