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wetland en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From wet + land. Cognate with West Frisian wetlân.

Meanings

1. (plural-normally) Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.
   • European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River. 2013 January 14, Nancy Langston, “The Fraught History of a Watery World”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2013, page 59:

Forms

Deriveds

wetlander

Hypernyms

location · habitat · place · site

Hyponyms

fen · quag · glade · slue · boglet · mangrove · marsh · quagmire · moss · mossland · carr · swamp · pocosin · swampland · syrt · slough · flother · bogland · sog · bogmire · mire · wash · syrtis · morass · peatland · peat bog · bog · carrland · mireland · petary · muskeg · marshland · sloughland · pakihi · fenland · everglade

Relateds

moorland · lacustrine · salina · palustrine · bayou · riverine · salt marsh · mangal · lagg · wet meadow · marine · mudflat · estuarine · moor · marshy · salting · windwatt · swale · slack

Synonyms

wetland · waterland · waterland

Translations (49)

fa کولاب (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · ja 湿地 (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · ms tanah basah (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · ba һаҙлыҡ (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · hu mocsaras terület (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · ain ピポㇰ (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · cs mokřad (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · fr zone humide (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · ru во́дно-боло́тные уго́дья (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · hu vizes terület/élőhely (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · es humedal (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · la locus ūlīginōsus (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · it area acquitrinosa (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · mi kūkūwai (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · hi तालाब (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · da vådområde (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · nb våtmark (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · pt brejo (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · nl drasland (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · km តំបន់ដីសើម (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · pl mokradło (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · it area paludosa (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · bg мочур (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · cmn 濕地 /湿地 (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · eu hezegune (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · la ūlīginōsa (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · mk мо́клиште (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · ru заболо́ченная террито́рия (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · gl gándara (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · it palude (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · af vleiland (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · mk мо́чур (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · el υγρότοπος (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · fi kosteikko (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · ca marjal (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · id lahan basah (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · sv våtmark (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · pt paul (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · ca aiguamoll (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · id tanah basah (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · ba һаҙ (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · nn våtmark (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · fa تالاب (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · nl moer (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · mk мо́чарка (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · mnc ᠨᡳᠶᠠᡵᡳ (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · de Feuchtgebiet (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · nl vochtgebied (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) · sd آبگاهه (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas)