MOORLANDS

Meaning of MOORLANDS in English

moor ‧ land /ˈmʊələnd $ ˈmʊr-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] ( also moorlands [plural] )

especially British English wild open countryside covered with rough grass and low bushes:

large areas of open moorland

—moorland adjective :

a bleak moorland road

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

STAFFORDSHIRE MOORLANDS — district, administrative and historic county of Staffordshire, central England, directly east of the city of Stoke-on-Trent. Staffordshire Moorlands includes part …
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WYE, RIVER — River, eastern Wales and western England. It flows from the moorlands of central Wales southeast across the English border and …
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STRABANE — Irish An Srath Bán Town, seat, and district (pop., 1995 est.: 36,000), Northern Ireland. Strabane is composed of river valleys, …
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STAFFORDSHIRE — Administrative (pop., 2001: 806,737), geographic, and historic county, west-central England. Staffordshire's northern moorlands form the southern tip of the Pennines …
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DEVON — Administrative (pop., 2001: 704,499), geographic, and historic county, southwestern England. It lies between Cornwall , Dorset , and Somerset , …
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DERBYSHIRE — I or Derby Administrative (pop., 2001: 734,581), geographic, and historic county, central England. The landscape varies from the moorlands of …
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YORKSHIRE — historic county of England, in the north-central part of the country between the Pennines and the North Sea. Yorkshire is …
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WYE, RIVER — river in England and Wales, about 130 mi (210 km) long. It flows from the moorlands of central Wales, generally …
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TYRONE — former (until 1973) county, Northern Ireland. It was bounded by the former counties of Londonderry (north) and Fermanagh and Monaghan …
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TYNEDALE — district, administrative and historic county of Northumberland, northern England, in the western part of the county, bordered on the northwest …
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TORFAEN — county borough, historic county of Monmouthshire, southeastern Wales. Torfaen is centred on the urbanized and industrialized valley of the Afon …
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TEESDALE — district, administrative county of Durham, northeastern England, in the southwestern part of the county. The district lies on both sides …
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TEES, RIVER — river in northeastern England, rising on Cross Fell in the northern Pennines and flowing 70 miles (110 km) east to …
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TASMANIAN — any member of the extinct Australoid population of Tasmania. The Tasmanians were an isolate population of Aboriginal Australians, not a …
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STRABANE — Irish An Srath Bn town, seat, and district (established 1973), formerly in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The town is located …
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STAFFORDSHIRE — administrative, geographic, and historic county in the Midlands of west-central England, extending north from the Birmingham metropolitan area. The administrative, …
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SOUTH YORKSHIRE — metropolitan county in north-central England. It comprises four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and the city of Sheffield. South Yorkshire …
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SCOTLAND, FLAG OF — flag of a constituent unit of the United Kingdom, flown subordinate to the Union Jack, that consists of a blue …
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SCARBOROUGH — city, one of the boroughs that, with the borough of East York and the cities of Etobicoke, York, North York, …
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ROXBURGH — district, Borders region, southern Scotland. Created by the reorganization of 1975, it includes most of the former county of Roxburgh …
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PENWITH — district, administrative and historic county of Cornwall, extreme southwestern England. It is a promontory, including the Land's End peninsula at …
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PEAK DISTRICT — hill area in the county of Derbyshire, England, forming the southern end of the Pennines, the upland spine of England. …
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OMAGH — district (established 1973), formerly in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It covers 434 square miles (1,125 square km) of rolling lowlands …
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NORTH YORKSHIRE — administrative and geographic county in northern England, part of the historic county of Yorkshire. The administrative county of North Yorkshire …
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MID GLAMORGAN — county of South Wales, created in 1974 from much of the northern part of the former county of Glamorgan, the …
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MID DEVON — district, administrative and historic county of Devon, southwestern England, located between the bleak moorlands of Exmoor and Dartmoor. Mid Devon …
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LARNE — Irish Latharna town, seat, and district (established 1973), formerly in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, bordering the Irish Sea north of …
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LANCASHIRE — administrative, geographic, and historic county in northwestern England, bounded on the north by Cumberland and Westmorland (in the present administrative …
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LAKE DISTRICT — famous scenic region and national park in the administrative county of Cumbria, England. It occupies portions of the historic counties …
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EDEN — district, administrative county of Cumbria, northwestern England, in the eastern part of the county. A line running through the district …
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