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moorland

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

name

Meaning 1

A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: moor

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plain, field, champaign

Narrower terms: Marston Moor

History

Etymology

From Middle English morelond, equivalent to moor + land. Compare Old Norse mýrlendi (“moorland”).

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: heide — land covered with heather or bracken
  • Dutch: veen — land covered with heather or bracken
  • Finnish: nummi — land covered with heather or bracken
  • French: lande — land covered with heather or bracken
  • French: bruyère — land covered with heather or bracken
  • French: brande — land covered with heather or bracken
  • Galician: braña — land covered with heather or bracken
  • Galician: bouza — land covered with heather or bracken
  • Galician: páramo — land covered with heather or bracken
  • Italian: landa — land covered with heather or bracken
  • Italian: brughiera — land covered with heather or bracken
  • Persian: خلنگزار (xalangzâr) — land covered with heather or bracken
  • Portuguese: charneca — land covered with heather or bracken
  • Scottish Gaelic: monadh — land covered with heather or bracken
  • Scottish Gaelic: sliabh — land covered with heather or bracken
  • Scottish Gaelic: mòinteach — land covered with heather or bracken
  • Tagalog: labunan — land covered with heather or bracken
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