wilderness
/ˈwil-dər-nəs/
noun
a tract or region uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings
an area essentially undisturbed by human activity together with its naturally developed life community
an empty or pathless area or region
in remote wildernesses of space groups of nebulae are found
noun
an often large tract of public land maintained essentially in its natural state and protected against introduction of intrusive artifacts (such as roads and buildings)
geographical name
trail from southwestern Virginia to central Kentucky through the Cumberland Gap that was blazed to the site of Boonesborough by Daniel Boone in 1775 and later extended to the falls of the Ohio River at Louisville