fenland
Meanings
noun
- A kind of low-lying ground, often wet or marshy.
name
- A local government district of Cambridgeshire, England.
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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”).
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