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fenland en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English fenlond, from Old English fenland, equivalent to fen + land. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foanlound (“moorland”), West Frisian feanlân (“peat bog”), Dutch veenland (“peat bog”), Middle Low German vēnlant, vennelant (“swampy, boggy pastureland”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A kind of low-lying ground, often wet or marshy.
   • It is this duplication of facilities which is mainly responsible for the poor loadings experienced on the Midland & Great Northern line, apart, of course, from the general sparsity of traffic in Northern Norfolk, and the fenlands around the Wash. 1958 August 14, “Closing of the Midland & Great Northern Line”, in Railway Magazine, pages 525-526:

Forms

Deriveds

fenlander

Relateds

bog · marsh · moor · swamp

Translations (7)

tl katarlakan (low-lying, wet, marshy ground) · fi suo (low-lying, wet, marshy ground) · fa لشابزار (low-lying, wet, marshy ground) · tl katanlakan (low-lying, wet, marshy ground) · tl katunlakan (low-lying, wet, marshy ground) · de tief liegendes Feuchtgebiet (low-lying, wet, marshy ground) · pl mokradło (low-lying, wet, marshy ground)