Highlander
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Highlander may refer to:
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[edit] In regional cultures
- Highlander, person from the Gàidhealtachd culture of the Scottish Highlands
- The Gorale, lit. "Highlanders", an ethnic group in southern Poland
- Montañés, lit. "Highlanders", a term sometimes used for a person from Cantabria in northern Spain
- The Merina, an ethnic group from the central plateau of Madagascar
- Highlander, a term sometimes used by Ethiopian and Eritrean lowlanders for a person from the Ethiopian Highlands
- Highlanders (Russian: горцы) are a coupola term for the peoples of the North Caucasus, who originally lived in mountains (Adyghe, Balkars, Circassians, Chechens, Ingush, Karachays, Ossetians, Daghestani peoples; sometimes include Highlander subgroups of Georgians, such as Sans and Khevsurs)
[edit] 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
[edit] 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 Seaholm High School in Birmingham, MI.
[edit] In the media
- Highlander, a franchise of films, television series and other media, including:
- Films:
- Highlander, the first film
- Highlander II: The Quickening, the second film
- Highlander III: The Final Dimension, the third film, also known as "Highlander III: The Sorcerer"
- Highlander: Endgame, the fourth film
- Highlander: The Source, the fifth film
- Television series:
- Highlander: The Series, a spin-off television series based on the film
- Highlander: The Raven, a spin-off television series based on the previous series
- Highlander: The Animated Series
- Highlander: The Search for Vengeance, a spin-off animated film
- Highlander novels and comic books
- Games:
- Highlander, a one-on-one sword fighting ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 game
- Highlander: The Last of the MacLeods, a video game for the Atari Jaguar CD
- Highlander: The Card Game, a collectable card game originally produced by Thunder Castle Games, reintroduced by Le Montagnard Inc.
- Highlander: The Game, a game to be released in 2008 based on the Highlander franchise
- Films:
[edit] 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
[edit] In sports
- 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, an Irish indoor soccer team and winners of the 2006 World Indoor Soccer Cup
- Highlanders (rugby), a rugby union team in New Zealand that participates in the Super 14 competition
- The Highlanders (professional wrestling), a tag team in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
- Highlanders FC, a Zimbabwean football (soccer) club
- LHPS Highlanders, the athletics teams fielded by Lake Highland Preparatory School
- North Halton Highlanders, a rugby team in Georgetown, Ontario, Canada.
- New Jersey Tech 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
[edit] In games
- Highlander, a deck construction format for the game Magic: The Gathering
- Highlander, a class of Assault Mech, from the Inner Sphere Mech Pack for MechWarrior 4: Vengeance
- Highlander, from the Kingdom of Highland in Suikoden II
[edit] In vehicles
- Toyota Highlander, a sport utility vehicle
- H1ghlander, an autonomous vehicle created for the DARPA Grand Challenge
- Highlander, a dingy class sailboat popular in the midwest