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Serbonian
[ ser-boh-nee-uhn ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or designating the large marshy tract of land in the northern part of ancient Egypt in which entire armies are said to have been swallowed up.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Serbonian1
1660–70; < Greek Serbōní ( s ) ( límnē ) Serbonian (marsh) + -an
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Example Sentences
An arctic night has dropped down upon the south; and in our dense blindness we know not in what direction lies the Serbonian bog.
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The engineer himself was declared to have been swallowed up in the Serbonian bog; and “railways were at an end for ever!”
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The first is deeper than the Serbonian bog, and would swallow up the whole British army.
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This fell disease began between the Serbonian bog and the eastern channel of the Nile.
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The eastern quarter of Tanis was dedicated to Ashtoreth as was a temple near by on the shores of the Serbonian lake.
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