"wildland" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wildlands [plural]
Etymology: From wild + land. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wild|land}} wild + land Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wildland (countable and uncountable, plural wildlands)
  1. land that is unfit for, or has not been modified by, cultivation or other human activity; a natural area. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: wasteland, wilderness, wild land Hypernyms: land Related terms: wildlife, wildling Translations (natural area): onbebouwd(e) land/grond (Dutch), wildernis (Dutch), woestenij (Dutch), monte [masculine] (Galician), fraga [feminine] (Galician)

Inflected forms

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