Woodlands

//ˈwʊdləndz// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of woodland form-of, plural
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    plural of Woodland form-of, plural
  2. 2
    A place name, including:; A rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Woodlands.
  3. 3
    A place name, including:; A community within the Manitoba municipality.
  4. 4
    A place name, including:; A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
  5. 5
    A place name, including:; A village near Adwick le Street, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5307).
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  1. 6
    A place name, including:; A planning area and town in Northern Singapore.
  2. 7
    A place name, including:; A locality in the Eurobodalla council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  3. 8
    A place name, including:; A locality in the Wingecarribee council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  4. 9
    A place name, including:; A settlement between Invercargill and Edendale, Southland, New Zealand.

Synonyms

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back countrybackwoodsboondocksborderlandbrushbush

Example

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"We had left the fertile country behind and beneath us. We looked back on it now, the slanting rays of a low sun turning the streams to threads of gold and glowing on the red earth new turned by the plough and the broad tangle of the woodlands."

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Woodlands County

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