fen

n.
Low, flat, swampy land; a bog or marsh.

[Middle English, from Old English fenn.]

(fen)

noun
1. Low land covered with water.
2. A marsh.

Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English fen or fenn.

Usage
"In the Netherlands, large tracts of former intensively cultivated arable land has been returned to fen." — Peter Marren; Science and Nature: Water World; Independent (London, UK); Sep 16, 2002.

"Central Park and the city have long since rebounded. But Olmsted & Vaux's masterpiece of earthwork art -- 843 acres of painstakingly carved forests, dales, lakes and grottos now celebrating its 150th anniversary -- has often been torn between beauty and the beast, a once-stinking fen refashioned into a resplendent oasis and yet still prey to despoliation and nightmarish crime." — Ralph Blumenthal; Gun-Toting Sea Lions And Other Park Tales; The New York Times; May 23, 2003.

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noun

A usually low-lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing water: bog, marsh, marshland, mire, morass, muskeg, quag, quagmire, slough¹, swamp, swampland, wetland. See dry/wet.

[Ge]

A marshy wetland characterized by alkaline conditions such as occur between fresh water and dry land along lake margins, in river cut-offs, or extensive wet shallows bordering river estuaries. Fens present an early stage in the progressive colonization of shallow water, the carr stage being next when trees start to establish themselves. The preservation of archaeological remains in fen areas is generally good.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kærmose, engmose, mose

Nederlands (Dutch)
moeras, Chinese munteenheid

Français (French)
n. - marais, plaines marécageuses de l'Angleterre de l'Est (npl), marécages

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sumpfland

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βάλτος, βαλτοτόπι

Italiano (Italian)
acquitrino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pântano (m)

Русский (Russian)
болото, топь

Español (Spanish)
n. - pantano

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kärr

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
沼泽, 沼池

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 沼澤, 沼池

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 늪, 소택지

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 沼地, 沼沢地, 沼沢地帯

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مستنقع , عمله صينيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אדמת ביצה‬

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