"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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