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)
“My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here;
My heart’s in the Highlands a-chasing the deer;
Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe:
My heart’s in the Highlands, wherever I go.”
—Robert Burns (1759–1796)