different between highlands vs southron

highlands

English

Noun

highlands pl (plural only)

  1. An area of high land.

Translations

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southron

English

Etymology

Likely from a Northumbrian alteration of earlier Old English suþern, suþærn. The switch from -ern to -ron is likely due to the influence of Old Norse rann (place, house, home) on Old English ærn (home, place). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

More at southern.

Adjective

southron (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Southern.
  2. (archaic, Scotland) English, from England.

Noun

southron (plural southrons)

  1. (archaic) A southerner, someone from the south.
  2. (archaic, Scotland) An Englishman.
  3. (Scotland, uncommon) A Lowlander, a Scottish person from south of the Highlands.
  4. (historical) Someone from the American South, that is, from the Confederate States of America.

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