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wasteland

wasteland

English

Noun

wasteland ‎(plural wastelands)

A region with no remaining resources; a desert.
Ten years of drought had left the area a wasteland.
Any barren or uninteresting place.
After his experiences, he no longer found western Kansas such a wasteland.

Translations

region with no remaining resources; desert

Chinese:
Mandarin: 荒地 (zh) ‎(huāngdì)
Czech: pustina (cs) f
Dutch: woestenij (nl) f
Finnish: autiomaa (fi), erämaa (fi), kitumaa (fi)
French: désert (fr) m
German: Ödland (de) n, Wüste (de) f

Hungarian: sivatag (hu)
Icelandic: eyðimörk (is) f
Japanese: 荒地 (ja) ‎(あれち, arechi)
Portuguese: deserto (pt) m
Russian: пу́стошь (ru) f ‎(pústošʹ), пусты́рь (ru) m ‎(pustýrʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: fàsach m, f
Spanish: desierto (es) m
Swedish: öken (sv), ökenmark

barren and uninteresting place

Czech: pustina (cs) f
Danish: ødemark
Finnish: joutomaa (fi)

German: Ödnis f
Hungarian: (kietlen) pusztaság (hu)
Maori: tuakau
Russian: ("desert") пусты́ня (ru) f ‎(pustýnja), ("swamp") боло́то (ru) n ‎(bolóto), ("hole") дыра́ (ru) f ‎(dyrá)
Swedish: ödemark (sv) c