moorland

English

Etymology

moor +‎ land

Noun

moorland (countable and uncountable, plural moorlands)

Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.

Synonyms

moor

Hypernyms

land

Translations

land covered with heather or bracken

Finnish: nummi (fi)
French: lande (fr) f, bruyère (fr) f
Italian: landa (it) f, brughiera (it) f

Persian: خلنگزار‎‎ (fa) (xalangzâr)
Scottish Gaelic: monadh m, sliabh m, mòinteach f
Tagalog: labunan

References

moorland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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