Heath
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"Heath" comes from Old English hæð "tract of wasteland", from Proto-Germanic *khaiþijo (cognate with Old Irish ciad; see also heather, heathen) refers to a wild meadow or open, unploughed country, see Heath (habitat).
- It can refer specifically, to several related genera of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, growing in this habitat:
- *Erica (the genus most widely so known)
- *Calluna
- *Cassiope
- *Daboecia
- *Epacris (also known as Australian Heath)
- *Leucopogon (Beard-heath)
- *Phyllodoce
- Heath also refers to a number of places:
- In the United Kingdom:
- *Heath, Cardiff, Wales
- *Heath, Cheshire, England
- *Heath, Derbyshire, England
- *Heath, Devon, England
- *Heath, Shropshire, England
- *Heath, West Yorkshire, England
- In the United States of America:
- *Heath, Alabama
- *Heath, Massachusetts
- *Heath, Ohio
- *Heath, Texas
- *Heath Township, Michigan
- *Heath Township, Pennsylvania
- Other related names include:
- *Blackheath, London, England
- *Blackheath, West Midlands, England
- *Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia
- *Blore Heath, Staffordshire, England
- *Chadwell Heath, London, England
- *Flackwell Heath, Buckinghamshire, England
- *Hampstead Heath, London, England
- *Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England
- *Holt Heath, Dorset, England
- *Holt Heath, Worcestershire, England
- *Hyde Heath, Buckinghamshire, England
- *Lüneburg Heath, Germany
- *Kings Heath, Birmingham, England
- *Knettishall Heath, Norfolk, England
- *Newton Heath, Manchester, England
- *Short Heath, Birmingham, England
- *Short Heath, Derbyshire, England
- *Short Heath, Walsall, England
- *Stoke Heath, Worcestershire, England
- *Stoke Heath, Coventry, West Midlands England
- *Surrey Heath District, Surrey, England
- *Tuchel Heath, Poland; site of a World War II battle
- *Washwood Heath, Birmingham, England
- *West Heath, Birmingham, England
- It is also a surname; famous people named Heath include:
- *Benjamin Heath, British scholar
- *Darren Heath, motor sports photographer
- *David Heath, British politician
- *Edward Heath, British politician
- *Ted Heath (bandleader)
- *Lilian Heath, American doctor
- *Michael Heath (cartoonist)
- *Monroe Heath, American politician
- *Samantha Heath, British politician
- *Thomas Heath, British mathematician
- *William Heath, American soldier and politician
- *Joseph Heath, Canadian philosopher
- *The Heath Brothers: Jimmy Heath, Percy Heath, and Tootie Heath, all American musicians
- A personal forename; famous people named Heath include:
- *Heath Ledger, Australian actor
- *Heath Miller, American football player
- *Heath Ramsay, Australian butterfly swimmer
- *W. Heath Robinson, British cartoonist
- *Heath Streak, Zimbabwean cricketer
- *Heath (bassist), bassist of X Japan
- Other uses:
- *Heath bar, a popular candy bar
- *Heath, a wyvern knight in Fire Emblem, a popular strategy and role-playing video game.
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