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swampland

 
Dictionary: swamp·land   (swŏmp'lănd', swômp'-) pronunciation
n.
Land of swampy consistency or having many swamps on it.


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noun

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

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
  Synonym: swamp


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - sumpområde

Nederlands (Dutch)
moerasland

Français (French)
n. - marais, marécage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sumpfland

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βαλτότοπος

Italiano (Italian)
palude

Português (Portuguese)
n. - terra pantanosa (f)

Русский (Russian)
болото, заболоченная местность, затопляемая земля

Español (Spanish)
n. - pantano, ciénaga

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sumpmark

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
洼地, 沼泽地

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

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 늪, 습지, 소택지

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 沼沢地

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مستنقع , ارض سبخه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אדמת ביצות‬


 
 
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