Meanings
plural nature reserves
- An area of land managed to conserve wildlife or plant habitat or other natural features.
The whole area is a network of nature reserves among estuaries and marshes, and a paradise for a moocher like me.
1980, Robert Dougall, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 378Synonyms: bioreserve, nature preserve, natural reserve, reservation, natural preserve, wildlife reserve, wildlife sanctuary, protected area
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn area of land managed to conserve wildlife or plant habitat or other natural features.
Translations
Arabic مَحْمِيَّة طَبِيعِيَّة
- مَحْمِيَّة طَبِيعِيَّةarea managed to conserve natural features
Catalan reserva natural
- reserva naturalarea managed to conserve natural features
Chinese Mandarin 自然保護區 /自然保护区
- 自然保護區 /自然保护区 (zìrán bǎohùqū)area managed to conserve natural features
Dutch natuurreservaat
- natuurreservaatarea managed to conserve natural features
Finnish suojelualue, luonnonsuojelualue
- suojelualuearea managed to conserve natural features
- luonnonsuojelualuearea managed to conserve natural features
- luonnonpuistoarea managed to conserve natural features
French réserve naturelle, parc naturel
- réserve naturellearea managed to conserve natural features
- parc naturelarea managed to conserve natural features
German Naturschutzgebiet
- Naturschutzgebietarea managed to conserve natural features
Hindi अभयारण्य
- अभयारण्य (abhyāraṇya)area managed to conserve natural features
Italian area naturale protetta, riserva naturale
- area naturale protettaarea managed to conserve natural features
- riserva naturalearea managed to conserve natural features
Japanese 自然保護区
- 自然保護区 (shizen hogoku)area managed to conserve natural features
Norwegian Bokmål naturreservat
- naturreservatarea managed to conserve natural features
Polish rezerwat przyrody
- rezerwat przyrodyarea managed to conserve natural features
Portuguese reserva natural
- reserva naturalarea managed to conserve natural features
Russian запове́дник
- запове́дник (zapovédnik)area managed to conserve natural features
Scottish Gaelic ionad-dìon nàdair, tèarmann nàdair
- ionad-dìon nàdairarea managed to conserve natural features
- tèarmann nàdairarea managed to conserve natural features
Spanish reserva natural
- reserva naturalarea managed to conserve natural features
Swedish naturreservat
- naturreservatarea managed to conserve natural features
Ukrainian приро́дний запові́дник
- приро́дний запові́дник (pryródnyj zapovídnyk)area managed to conserve natural features
Cite this entry
nature reserve. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nature%20reserve
“nature reserve.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nature%20reserve. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nature reserve,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nature%20reserve.
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