Highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally, ''upland'' refers to a range of hills, typically from up to , while ''highland'' is usually reserved for range ...

is a broad term for areas of higher elevation, such as a mountain range or mountainous plateau. Highland, Highlands, or The Highlands, may also refer to:

Places

Africa

* Highlands, Johannesburg, South Africa * Highlands, Harare, Zimbabwe * Ethiopian Highlands, a mass of mountains * Northern Highlands, Madagascar * Western High Plateau, or Western Highlands, or Cameroon Highlands

The Americas

Brazil

* Brazilian Highlands, a geographical region

Canada

* Highlands, British Columbia, a municipality * Highlands, Edmonton, a residential neighbourhood * Highlands, Newfoundland and Labrador, a settlement

United States

* Highland, Arkansas * Highland, California *Highland, California, a former name of Highland Springs, Lake County, California * Highland, Denver, Colorado * Highland City, Florida * Highlands County, Florida * Highland, Illinois * Highland, Lake County, Indiana * Highland, Indiana (disambiguation), the name of several places * Highland, Iowa * Highland, Kansas * Highlands, Lexington, Kentucky * The Highlands, Louisville, Kentucky * Highland, Maryland * Highlands, Holyoke, Massachusetts * The Highlands (Massachusetts), a mountain * Highland, Minnesota (disambiguation), the name of several places * Highland, Missouri * Highlands, New Jersey ** Highlands Air Force Station * New York–New Jersey Highlands, a geological formation * Highland, Sullivan County, New York * Highland, Ulster County, New York * Highlands, New York *

Highlands, North Carolina Highlands is an incorporation (municipal government), incorporated town in Macon County, North Carolina, Macon County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located on a plateau in the southern Appalachian Mountains, within the Nantahala National F ...

* Highland, Ohio * Highland County, Ohio * Highlands, Texas * Highland, Utah * Highland, Virginia * Highland County, Virginia * Highland, Washington * The Highlands (Seattle), Washington, a gated community * Highland, West Virginia (disambiguation), the name of several places * Highland, Wisconsin (disambiguation), the name of several places

Asia

* Central Highlands (India) * Thai highlands

Europe

* Dukagjin Highlands, Albania * Armenian highlands, a geographical region * Highlands of Iceland, a geographical area *

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 ...

, a historic region of Scotland **

Highland (council area) Highland (, ; ) is a council areas of Scotland, council area in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom. It was the 7th most populous council area in Scotland at the United Kingdo ...

* Highland (ward), in Perth and Kinross, Scotland

Oceania

Australia

* Southern Highlands (New South Wales), usually referred as the Southern Tablelands in New South Wales * Central Highlands (region), Victoria * Highlands, Victoria, rural town in Victoria, in the Shire of Mitchell * Central Highlands (Tasmania) ** Tasmanian Central Highlands, a bioregion ** Central Highlands Council

Papua New Guinea

* Highlands Region

Arts and entertainment

* ''Highland'' (album), by One More Time, 1992 ** "Highland" (song) * ''Highlands'' (album), by White Heart, 1993 * "Highlands" (song), by Bob Dylan, 1997 * Highland (band), a German dance/hip hop group * Highland (Irish), an Irish musical form *Highland, the fictional town that is the setting of ''

Beavis and Butt-Head ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' is an American Adult animation, adult animated Animated sitcom, sitcom created by Mike Judge. The series follows Beavis and Butt-Head, both voiced by Judge, a pair of teenage slackers characterized by their apathy, Stupi ...

'' * ''Highlands'' (TV series), a 2008 Scottish TV series

Buildings

* Highland (St. Francisville, Louisiana), listed on the NRHP in Louisiana * Highland (James Monroe house), Virginia, U.S. * The Highland, a historic building in Massachusetts, U.S. * Highlands (Smithfield, Kentucky), listed on the NRHP in Kentucky * Highlands, Wahroonga, Australia * The Highlands (Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania), U.S., a historic building * The Highlands (Wheeling, West Virginia), U.S., a retail complex * Thomas I. Stoner House, or The Highlands, a historic house in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. * Highland Theatre, a historic theater in Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Education

* Highland Community College (disambiguation) * Highland High School (disambiguation) * Highland Middle School (disambiguation) * Highland School (disambiguation) * Highlands Christian College, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia * Highlands Elementary School (disambiguation) * The Highland School, in Ellenboro, West Virginia * The Highlands School, in Irving, Texas * The Highlands School, Reading, England

Other uses

* Highland (automobile), an 1890s Australian car * Highland (surname), including a list of people with the name * Highland cattle, a breed of cattle * Highland pony, a breed of horse * Highland Radio, an Irish radio station * Highland Records, a record label * Highland Superstores, a defunct American consumer electronics and home appliance chain * SS ''Highland'', a cargo ship 1963–69 * Highlands Hospital, a former hospital in north London