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heath¹
- /hiːθ/
Rhymes with -iːθ
Where it comes from
From Middle English heth, heeth, hethe, from Old English hǣþ (“heath, untilled land, waste; heather”), from Proto-West Germanic *haiþi, from Proto-Germanic *haiþī (“heath, waste, untilled land”), from Proto-Indo-European *kayt- (“forest, wasteland, pasture”).
Cognate with Dutch heide (“heath, moorland”), German Heide (“heath, moor”), Norwegian hei (“heath”), Swedish hed (“heath, moorland”), Old Welsh coit (“forest”), Welsh coed (“forest”), Latin būcētum (“pastureland”, literally “cow-pasture”) -cetum (“place of, grove of”).
noun heaths
- A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland. 1. Where the place?/2. Vpon the Heath/3. There to meet with Macbeth
- Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae. There was nobody living in Jim's old house, and some of the windows was broken; but there was heath growing back and front.
- in Erica spp.
- in Cassiope spp.
- in Daboecia spp.
- in Epacris spp. (Australian heath)
- in Leucopogon spp. (beard heath)
- in Phyllodoce spp. (mountain heath)
- Coenonympha pamphilus, native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and Northern Africa, the small heath
- Coenonympha tullia, native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and North America, the large heath
- Melitaea athalia (heath fritillary)
- Semiothisa clathrata (latticed heath)
- Ematurga atomaria (common heath)
Similar: heather
Heath²
- /hiːθ/
Where it comes from
English surname, from the noun heath.
proper noun Haith
- A surname. Edward Heath, former British prime minister.
- A male given name.
- A village in Heath and Holmewood parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4466).
- A hamlet in Leintwardine parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3876).
- A hamlet in Abdon and Heath parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5585).
- A suburb of Stourbridge, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO8983).
- A small village in Warmfield cum Heath parish, City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3520).
- A suburb, a community and ward in the City of Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST1780).
- Hampstead Heath, a park in London. "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."
- A town in Covington County, Alabama.
- An extinct town in Perry Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
- A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
- A township in Allegan County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Fergus County, Montana.
- A city in Licking County, Ohio.
- A township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
- A city in Rockwall County and Kaufman County, Texas.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: heathland, moor, sanitary, chlorinated, countryside, medical, vaccinium, agrostis, heather, country, healthcare, health, healthy, erica, hounslow, hampstead
noun
Similar: heather
Translations
Talk about this word "heath." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/heath. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. heath. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/heath "heath." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/heath.Cite this
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title = {heath},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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