nature reserve

English

A nature reserve

Noun

nature reserve (plural nature reserves)

1. An area of land managed to conserve wildlife or plant habitat or other natural features.

Synonyms

• bioreserve
• nature preserve
• natural reserve
• reservation
• natural preserve
• wildlife reserve
• wildlife sanctuary
• protected area

Translations

area managed to conserve natural features

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: reserva natural f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自然保護區／自然保护区 (zh) (zìrán bǎohùqū)

• Dutch: natuurreservaat (nl) n
• Finnish: suojelualue, luonnonsuojelualue (fi), luonnonpuisto (fi)
• French: réserve naturelle (fr) f, parc naturel (fr) m
• German: Naturschutzgebiet (de) n
• Italian: area naturale protetta f, riserva naturale f
• Japanese: 自然保護区 (しぜんほごく, shizen hogoku)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: naturreservat (no) n

  Nynorsk: naturreservat n

• Polish: rezerwat przyrody (pl) m
• Portuguese: reserva natural f
• Russian: (приро́дный) запове́дник (ru) m (zapovédnik)
• Scottish Gaelic: ionad-dìon nàdair m, tèarmann nàdair m
• Spanish: reserva natural f
• Swedish: naturreservat (sv) n
• Ukrainian: приро́дний запові́дник m (pryródnyj zapovídnyk)

References

• “nature-reserve”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.