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woodland

Pronunciation: /ˈwʊd.lənd/

The English word “woodland” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Of a creature or object: growing, living, or existing in a woodland.
  2. Having the character of a woodland.

noun

  1. Land covered with woody vegetation.
  2. A low-density forest.

Etymology

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”).

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