badlands
Meaning
An arid terrain characterized by severe erosion of sedimentary rocks.
Synonyms
Translations
الأراضي الوعرة
Heidemoor
steppe
torbiera
loca fruticetis obsita
heide
páramo
turberaFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbæd.lændz/
Etymology
From earlier Bad Lands, calque of Canadian French mauvaises terres à traverser (“bad lands to cross”), itself a calque of Lakota Makhóšiča from makhó (“land”) and šiča (“bad”).
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