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Synonyms & Antonyms of highland
an area of high ground
- there are permanent glaciers in the cool, humid highlands of the Pacific Northwest
Synonyms for highland
- altitude(s),
- elevation,
- eminence,
- height,
- hill,
- hump,
- mound,
- prominence,
- rise,
- upland
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