(the) Highlands and Islands

(the) Highlands and Islands
the Highlands and Islands [the Highlands and Islands] noun [pl]
the whole of northern Scotland, including the Highlandcouncil area and the main island groups (the ↑Hebrides, the Orkney Islands and the ↑Shetland Islands).

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