heathland

English

Etymology

From heath +‎ land. Compare Saterland Frisian Heedelound (“heathland”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

heathland (countable and uncountable, plural heathlands)

1. A tract of scrubland habitats characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, found on mainly infertile acidic soils. Similar to moorland but with warmer and drier climate.

Synonyms

• heath

Translations

heathland

• Dutch: heide (nl) c, dopheide (nl) c
• Finnish: nummi (fi)
• Galician: uceira (gl) f, uzal (gl), ucedo (gl)
• German: Heideland n
• Icelandic: heiði f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Heidland n, Heidloo n

• Polish: wrzosowisko (pl) n
• Swedish: hedmark (sv) c
• Volapük: brüyäralän (vo)