English Explanatory Dictionary

Serbonian Bog

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A wetland in Egypt, famed for falsely appearing to be solid land.
  2. An inextricable situation.

Word forms

Serbonian Bog the Serbonian Bog Sirbonian Bog

Etymology

Semantic loan from Latin Sirbonis Lacus, from Ancient Greek Σιρβωνίδος λίμνη (Sirbōnídos límnē).

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