wilderness

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.
2. 2
   A place other than land (for example, the air or sea) that is uncared for, and therefore devoted to disorder or wildness.
3. 3
   An ornamental part of a garden or park cultivated with trees and often a maze to evoke a natural wilderness.
4. 4
   Unrefinedness; wildness.
5. 5
   Chiefly followed by of: a bewildering flock or throng; a large, often jumbled, collection of things.
6. 6
   A place or situation that is bewildering and in which one may get lost.
7. 7
   Preceded by in the: a situation of disfavour or lack of recognition; (specifically, politics) of a politician, political party, etc.: a situation of being out of office.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A forested region of central Virginia.
2. 2
   The Battle of the Wilderness, 1864, which occurred there.
3. 3
   An unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County, Orange County, Virginia, United States.