moorland means A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
Etymology
From Middle English morelond, equivalent to moor + land. Compare Old Norse mýrlendi (“moorland”).
name
- A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
noun
- Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.“The completely-industrialised outskirts of Newcastle gradually give place to rural surroundings, and the Tyne becomes a moorland river with a boulder-strewn bed.”