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Highlander may refer to:
In regional cultures
- Hill people, who live in hills and mountains.
- Highlander, a Gael or a person from the Scottish Highlands
- the Highlander statue on the monument at Glenfinnan
- the Highlander statue on the 51st (Highland) Division Monument at Beaumont-Hamel, in France
- Montañés, lit. "Highlanders", a term sometimes used to denote the people of Cantabria in northern Spain
- Gorals, lit. "Highlanders", a culture in southern Poland and northern Slovakia
- Malësor or Malok, lit. "Highlander" is a term used for a person from Malësia (Highlands) in Albania
- Highlanders (горцы), term for the people of the North Caucasus
- Merina people, an ethnic group from the central plateau of Madagascar
- Degar, or Montagnards, various ethnic groups in the highlands of Vietnam
- Pahari people, various ethnic groups from the Himalayas.
- Highlander, a term sometimes used by Ethiopian and Eritrean lowlanders for a person from the Ethiopian Highlands
- Highlanders, or "Southern Highlanders," sometimes used to denote the mountain people of Southern Appalachia in the eastern United States
In schools
- Highlander Research and Education Center, a leadership training school and cultural center located in Tennessee, known for its support of the labor and civil rights movements
In publications
- The Highlander, a book written by James Macpherson
- The Highlander (newspaper), a Gaelic-language political newspaper based in Scotland
- The Highlander, a newspaper based in Marble Falls, Texas
- The Highlander, a newspaper based in Highlands, North Carolina
- The Highlander, the student newspaper of the University of California, Riverside
- The Highlander, the student newspaper of Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas
In the media
- Highlander (franchise), a franchise of films, television series and other media, including:
- Films:
- Highlander (film) the first film in the franchise, released in 1986
- Highlander II: The Quickening, released in 1991
- Highlander III: The Sorcerer, also known as "Highlander III: The Final Dimension", released in 1994
- Highlander: Endgame, released in 2000 and set after the TV series
- Highlander: The Source, released in 2007
- Highlander: The Search for Vengeance, a 2007 spin-off animated film
- Television series:
- Highlander: The Series (1992-1998), a spin-off television series based on the film
- Highlander: The Raven (1998-1999), a spin-off television series based on the previous series
- Highlander: The Animated Series
- Highlander novels and comic books
- Games:
- Highlander (video game), a 1986 one-on-one sword fighting ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 game
- Highlander: The Last of the MacLeods, a 1995 video game for the Atari Jaguar CD
- Highlander: The Card Game, a collectible card game originally produced by Thunder Castle Games, reintroduced by Le Montagnard Inc
- Highlander: The Game, a canceled video game based on the Highlander franchise
- Films:
- Highlander, a competitive format of Team Fortress 2
- Highlander (Bakufu Slump album)
In the military
- Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons), a regiment of the British Army's Scottish Division
- The Highland regiments, a repertoire of regiments formed of or following Highlander Regiments tradition
- HMS Highlander (H44), a Royal Navy H-Class Destroyer that served in World War II
- Highlanders 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, a light armored United States Marine Corps Battalion based out of MCB Camp Pendleton, California.
In sports
- Cairn University Highlanders, the sports teams of the college in Langhorne, Pennsylvania
- Radford Highlanders, the sports teams (most of which compete at the NCAA Division 1 level), fans, students and alumni of Radford University, in southwest Virginia, US
- Highland Football League one of three senior non-league football (soccer), leagues in Scotland
- The Highlanders, a Scottish cricket franchise in the North Sea Pro Series
- Highlanders (rugby union), a rugby union team in based in Dunedin, New Zealand that participates in the Super Rugby competition
- The Highlanders (professional wrestling) (born 1976), tag team in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
- Highlanders F.C., a Zimbabwean football (soccer) club
- Mbabane Highlanders F.C., a Swazi football (soccer) club
- NJIT Highlanders, the teams (NCAA Division 1 level), students, alumnae/alumni and fans of the New Jersey Institute of Technology
- The New York Highlanders, a baseball team which would later become the New York Yankees
- University of California, Riverside Highlanders, who sports teams compete in NCAA Division 1 (Big West Conference)
- Houghton College Highlanders, whose teams compete in NCAA Division III (Empire 8 Conference)
- The Highlander Mountain Marathon, an annual two-day orienteering event in Scotland
- Cape Breton Highlanders, a NBL Canada team
- Alain Baxter (born 1973), Scottish alpine skier, nicknamed "the Highlander"
High school, preparatory and other secondary schools
- Heathwood Hall Episcopal School
- Herricks High School
- Homestead High School (Mequon, Wisconsin)
- LHPS Highlanders, the athletics teams fielded by Lake Highland Preparatory School
- MacArthur High School (Lawton, Oklahoma)
- Thomas McKean High School, Wilmington, Delaware
- McLean High School, McLean, Virginia
- Northwestern Regional High School
- Oak Hills High School
- Rochester Adams High School
- West Morris Central High School
- Howell High School (Howell, Michigan)
- Doherty Memorial High School
- Glenvar High School
- Northern Highlands Regional High School
In vehicles
- AirLony Highlander, a Czech ultralight biplane
- Toyota Highlander, a sport utility vehicle
- H1ghlander, 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
- MV Highlanders, Canadian ferry
Animals
- Highlander cat, hybrid domestic cat.
See also
Topics referred to by the same term
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