name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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
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noun
Meaning 2
Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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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