badlands
pronunciation
How to pronounce badlands in British English:
UK [ˈbædlændz]
How to pronounce badlands in American English:
US ['bædlændz]
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- Noun:
- deeply eroded barren land
Word Origin
- badlands (n.)
- "arid, highly eroded regions of the western U.S.," 1852, from bad + land (n.). Applied to urban districts of crime and vice since 1892 (originally with reference to Chicago).
Example
- 1. A barricade prevents visitors from entering the interior of the badlands national park near wall , south dakota .
- 2. I take it you 're familiar with an area called the badlands ?
- 3. A foreign-ministry official says mercenaries from the badlands of tajikistan and afghanistan were hired .
- 4. Dubbed the badlands guardian , the " face " is actually a valley eroded into the clay .
- 5. Pakistan is vulnerable to its neighbour 's turmoil , mostly via the badlands of its pushtun tribal areas .