Meaning
heath, moor
- an open tract of uncultivated land covered with heather, shrubs, and poor soil; moorland
In a sentence
Abbiamo camminato a lungo attraverso la brughiera battuta dal vento.
We walked for a long time across the wind-swept moor.
Il celebre romanzo inglese è ambientato nella brughiera desolata dello Yorkshire.
The famous English novel is set on the desolate moors of Yorkshire.
Durante l'autunno la brughiera si tinge di meravigliosi toni violacei.
During autumn the heath takes on wonderful purplish hues.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| brughiera | feminine · singular |
| brughiere | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Literary and geographical; often associated with northern and British landscapes.