Meaning of Heath | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
   countable, uncountable
3. Edward Heath, former British prime minister.
4. Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
   countable, uncountable
5. A male given name.
6. in Erica spp.
   countable, uncountable
7. A number of places in the United Kingdom:
8. A village in Heath and Holmewood parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4466).
9. in Cassiope spp.
   countable, uncountable
10. A hamlet in Leintwardine parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3876).
11. in Daboecia spp.
    countable, uncountable
12. A hamlet in Abdon and Heath parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5585).
13. in Epacris spp. (Australian heath)
    countable, uncountable
14. A suburb of Stourbridge, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO8983).
15. in Leucopogon spp. (beard heath)
    countable, uncountable
16. A small village in Warmfield cum Heath parish, City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3520).
17. in Phyllodoce spp. (mountain heath)
    countable, uncountable
18. A suburb, a community and ward in the City of Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST1780).
19. Any butterfly or moth of species:
    countable, uncountable
20. Coenonympha spp., a genus of brush-footed butterfly, of the palaearctic.
    countable, uncountable
21. Coenonympha pamphilus, native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and Northern Africa, the small heath
    countable, uncountable
22. Hampstead Heath, a park in London.
23. Coenonympha tullia, native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and North America, the large heath
    countable, uncountable
24. A number of places in the United States:
25. A town in Covington County, Alabama.
26. Melitaea athalia (heath fritillary)
    countable, uncountable
27. An extinct town in Perry Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
28. Semiothisa clathrata (latticed heath)
    countable, uncountable
29. A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
30. Ematurga atomaria (common heath)
    countable, uncountable
31. A township in Allegan County, Michigan.
32. An unincorporated community in Fergus County, Montana.
33. A city in Licking County, Ohio.
34. A township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
35. A city in Rockwall County and Kaufman County, Texas.

Equivalents

Examples

“1. Where the place?/2. Vpon the Heath/3. There to meet with Macbeth”

“These two stood in the corridor, waving till the last of the platform was out of sight; then they came into our compartment, and the woman cried a little. Soon she dried her eyes, and went back into the corridor, to have a last glimpse of her native heath.”

“There was nobody living in Jim's old house, and some of the windows was broken; but there was heath growing back and front.”

“"But it must be better still outside, though. They say thousands of people are out in the parks and on the Heath watching it all."”

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