moorland

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

moorland (countable and uncountable, plural moorlands)

1. Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.
   • 1955 September, H. A. Vallance, “The Border Counties Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 593:

     The completely-industrialised outskirts of Newcastle gradually give place to rural surroundings, and the Tyne becomes a moorland river with a boulder-strewn bed.

   • 1961 October, 'Voyageur', “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601:

     Troutbeck station, 10 miles from Keswick, in the heart of wild moorland, is the most isolated on the line.

Synonyms

• moor

Hypernyms

• land

Derived terms

• moorlander
• Staffordshire Moorlands

Translations

land covered with heather or bracken

• Dutch: heide (nl) f, veen (nl) f
• Finnish: nummi (fi)
• French: lande (fr) f, bruyère (fr) f, brande (fr)
• Galician: braña (gl) f, bouza (gl) f, páramo (gl) m
• 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

Anagrams

• Romoland