Central Highlands is the name for several mountainous regions located in the center of the nations or geographical regions.
- Central Highlands (Central America)
- Central Highland (France)
- Central Highlands (Iceland)
- Central Highland (Japan)
- Central Highlands (Madagascar)
- Central Highlands (Malaysia)
- Central Highlands (Sri Lanka)
- Central Highlands (Tasmania), Australia
- Central Highlands (Victoria), Australia
- Central Highlands (Vietnam)
Famous quotes containing the words central and/or highlands:
“Et in Arcadia ego.
[I too am in Arcadia.]”
—Anonymous, Anonymous.
Tomb inscription, appearing in classical paintings by Guercino and Poussin, among others. The words probably mean that even the most ideal earthly lives are mortal. Arcadia, a mountainous region in the central Peloponnese, Greece, was the rustic abode of Pan, depicted in literature and art as a land of innocence and ease, and was the title of Sir Philip Sidney’s pastoral romance (1590)
“Ye Highlands and ye Lawlands.
Oh! where hae ye been?
They hae slain the Earl of Murray,
And hae laid him on the green.”
—Unknown. The Bonny Earl of Murray (l. 1–4)