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woodland

/ˈwʊd.lənd/ · adj

Meaning

  1. Of a creature or object: growing, living, or existing in a woodland.
  2. Having the character of a woodland.
  3. Land covered with woody vegetation.
  4. A low-density forest.
  5. A surname.
  6. A village in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ0726).
  7. A hamlet in Kirkby Ireleth parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD2489).
  8. A hamlet in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7968).
  9. A number of places in the United States:
  10. A small town in Randolph County, Alabama.
  11. A city, the county seat of Yolo County, California.
  12. A small city in Talbot County, Georgia.
  13. A village in Iroquois County, Illinois.
  14. An unincorporated community in St. Joseph County, Indiana.
  15. A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
  16. A census-designated place in Washington County, Maine.
  17. A census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland.

Etymology / origin

From Middle English wodeland, wodelond, from Old English wuduland (“woodland; forestland; forest”), equivalent to wood + land. Compare West Frisian wâldlân, Dutch bosland, German Waldland, Icelandic skóglendi. Eclipsed non-native Middle English salt (“woodland”), borrowed from Latin saltus (“woodland, forest”).

  1. saltus(Latin)→
  2. salt(Middle English)→
  3. skóglendi(is)→
  4. Waldland(German)→
  5. bosland(nl)→
  6. wâldlân(fy)→
  7. wuduland(Old English)→
  8. wodeland(enm)→
  9. woodland (English)
  10. Relations: inh, inh, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog

Related words

wodeland(enm)wuduland(Old English)wâldlân(fy)bosland(nl)Waldland(German)skóglendi(is)salt(Middle English)saltus(Latin)

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