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View synonyms for marshland

marshland

[ mahrsh-land ]

noun

  1. a region, area, or district characterized by marshes, swamps, bogs, or the like.


marshland

/ ˈmɑːʃlənd /

noun

  1. land consisting of marshes
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Word History and Origins

Origin of marshland1

before 1150; Middle English mershland, Old English merscland. See marsh, land
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Example Sentences

Proposals to breach the banks to create the new marshland have gone down very badly.

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The western Spanish region of Extremadura, which also has substantial marshlands, has seen 17 cases.

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As a two-time cancer survivor, she has tried to avoid the Stauffer site and Blair landfill, which is shrouded by marshland off the San Francisco Bay Trail.

Cities built on drained marshland or fill are especially vulnerable to compaction.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said the diversion helped the river’s flow of sediment and relieved oversaturated marshlands, MLive.com reported.

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