🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

ハイランダー

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Hairandā

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Highlander/ˈhaɪˌlæn.dər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"ハイランダーは伝統的な衣装を着ていました。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person from the Scottish Highlands.

    "The Highlander wore traditional attire during the festival."
  2. 2

    A member of a Scottish clan or a person with Highland ancestry.

    "He proudly identified as a Highlander, tracing his lineage back to the MacLeods."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English components 'high' and 'land', combined with the suffix '-er' denoting an inhabitant. Historically and most prominently used since the 16th century to describe the inhabitants of the Scottish Highlands, later expanding geographically to refer generally to anyone living in mountainous regions.

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