"moonscape" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: moonscapes [plural]
Etymology: From moon + -scape. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|moon|scape}} moon + -scape Head templates: {{en-noun}} moonscape (plural moonscapes)
  1. A view of an area of the Moon. Categories (topical): Moon Translations (view of an area of the Moon): лу́нен пейза́ж (lúnen pejzáž) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kuumaisema (Finnish), Mondlandschaft [feminine] (German), лунный ландшафт (lunnyj landšaft) [masculine] (Russian), лунный пейзаж (lunnyj pejzaž) [masculine] (Russian), månlandskap [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-moonscape-en-noun-Me2ei-nV Disambiguation of Moon: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'view of an area of the Moon': 100 0
  2. (by extension) A desolate or devastated landscape. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Moon Categories (place): Places Translations (desolate landscape): paysage lunaire [masculine] (French), Mondlandschaft [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-moonscape-en-noun-rWzDw7DE Disambiguation of Moon: 52 48 Disambiguation of Places: 8 92 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -scape, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -scape: 14 86 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of 'desolate landscape': 0 100

Inflected forms

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