fenland

See also: Fenland

English

Etymology

From fen +‎ land.

Pronunciation

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Noun

fenland (countable and uncountable, plural fenlands)

1. a kind of low-lying ground, often wet or marshy

Derived terms

• fenlander

Translations

low-lying, wet, marshy ground

• Finnish: suo (fi)
• German: tief liegendes Feuchtgebiet n
• Persian: لشابزار (lešâbzâr)
• Tagalog: katunlakan, katanlakan, katarlakan

See also

• swamp
• bog
• marsh
• moor

References

• “fenland”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Old English

Etymology

From fenn (“marsh”) +‎ land (“land”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfenˌlɑnd/

Noun

fenland n

1. fenland, marshy land

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	fenland	fenland
accusative	fenland	fenland
genitive	fenlandes	fenlanda
dative	fenlande	fenlandum

Descendants

• English: fenland