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marshland

 
Dictionary: marsh·land   (märsh'lănd') pronunciation
n.
A marshy tract of land.


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noun

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

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
  Synonyms: marsh, fen, fenland


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - marskland, moseland, sumpområde

Nederlands (Dutch)
moerasland

Français (French)
n. - terrain marécageux, marais

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sumpfland

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βαλτότοπος, βαλτοτόπι

Italiano (Italian)
terreno paludoso

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pantanal (m)

Русский (Russian)
болотистая местность

Español (Spanish)
n. - pantanal, terreno pantanoso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sumpmark

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
沼泽地, 湿地

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 沼澤地, 溼地

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 늪이나 초지가 많은 땅

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 湿地帯, 沼沢地

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أهوار, مستنقعات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אדמת ביצות‬


 
 
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