wildland

noun

wild·​land ˈwī(-ə)l(d)-ˌland How to pronounce wildland (audio)
: land that is uncultivated or unfit for cultivation

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In northern Arizona, a pair of wildfires burning at or near the Grand Canyon North Rim have charred over 70,000 acres of wildland. Christopher Cann, USA Today, 21 July 2025 As winds picked up in the evening of July 12, the fire expanded beyond the control of wildland firefighters, who had been monitoring and managing it since its ignition by lightning strike on July 4. Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 15 July 2025 Recently held in Aliso Viejo, the inter-agency simulation organized by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department gamed out the scenario of a blaze in the fire-prone wildland and canyons that stretch between Laguna Beach, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Hills and other neighboring South County cities. Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 10 July 2025 Stripping our national forests of roadless rule protections will put close to 60 million acres of wildlands across the country on the chopping block. Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for wildland

Word History

First Known Use

1686, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wildland was in 1686

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“Wildland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wildland. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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