Everglades

[ ev-er-gleydz ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. a swampy and partly forested region in S Florida, mostly S of Lake Okeechobee. Over 5,000 sq. mi. (12,950 sq. km).

Everglades

/ ˈɛvəˌɡleɪdz /

plural noun

1. the Everglades
   a subtropical marshy region of Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee: contains the Everglades National Park established to preserve the flora and fauna of the swamps. Area: over 13 000 sq km (5000 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Adler was a freshman at Ransom Everglades School in Coconut Grove and a ballerina with the Miami City Ballet.

From Seattle Times

The program featured a photo of Graham smiling in a tie, his suit coat thrown over his shoulder, his pant legs rolled up as he stood calf deep in Everglades muck.

From Seattle Times

The Florence + The Machine duet, Florida!!! earns its multiple exclamation points with a cacophony of drums and guitars that soundtrack a story of fleeing to the Everglades to escape the law.

From BBC

The same board extended his incarceration for a year last May and voted to transfer him to the Everglades Correctional Institution, west of Miami, where he has been in a transitional program for long-term inmates.

From New York Times

Graham pushed through a bond program to buy beaches and barrier islands threatened by development and started the Save Our Everglades program to protect the state’s water supply, wetlands and endangered species.

From Seattle Times