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• weald
  weald

  noun

  wooded or uncultivated country.
• Weald
  Weald

  noun

  The, a region in SE England, in Kent, Surrey, and Essex counties: once a forest area; now an agricultural region.

weald

¹ American  

[weeld] / wild /

noun

1. wooded or uncultivated country.

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Weald ² American  

[weeld] / wild /

noun

1. The, a region in SE England, in Kent, Surrey, and Essex counties: once a forest area; now an agricultural region.

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Weald ¹ British  

/ wiːld /

noun

1. a region of SE England, in Kent, Surrey, and East and West Sussex between the North Downs and the South Downs: formerly forested

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weald ² British  

/ wiːld /

noun

1. archaic open or forested country

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Etymology

Origin of weald

before 1150; Middle English weeld, Old English weald forest; cognate with German Wald; cf. wold ¹

Example Sentences

The plane was understood to have taken off from North Weald and had been bound for Southend Airport.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

Hastings is surrounded by the High Weald, an area of outstanding natural beauty, and situated among cliffs on the Sussex coast.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2024

Mr. Ellis attended the Harrow Weald County School, but dropped out at 16 to focus on his writing.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2023

There is an OBE for former sport minister Helen Grant, the Conservative MP for Maidstone and the Weald.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2022

This reminds us that before the era of coal mining in the north, Kentish men were craftsmen in iron, obtaining unlimited fuel from the forest of the Weald.

From Canterbury by Danks, Canon

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