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.
   • 1954 December, D. S. Barrie and B. D. J. Walsh, “Railways of East Suffolk”, in Railway Magazine, page 816:

     Beyond the latter station—reached after traversing the only level mile of track between East Suffolk Junction and Beccles—a stiffish climb leads across heathland to Wickham Market Station, which is actually at Campsea Ashe, 1½ miles from the town of Wickham Market.

Synonyms

• heath

Translations

heathland

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 石楠荒原

• Czech: vřesoviště n
• 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
• Slovak: vresovisko n
• Swedish: hedmark (sv) c
• Volapük: brüyäralän (vo)