weald
[ weeld ]
/ wild /
noun
wooded or uncultivated country.
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Origin of weald
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Definition for weald (2 of 2)
Weald
[ weeld ]
/ wild /
noun
The, a region in SE England, in Kent, Surrey, and Essex counties: once a forest area; now an agricultural region.
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British Dictionary definitions for weald (1 of 2)
weald
/ (wiːld) /
noun
British archaic open or forested country
Word Origin for weald
Old English; related to Old Saxon, Old High German wald, Old Norse vollr, probably related to wild
British Dictionary definitions for weald (2 of 2)
Weald
/ (wiːld) /
noun
the Weald 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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