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Fenland

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Proper Noun

1
A local government district of Cambridgeshire, England.

Noun

1
A kind of low-lying ground, often wet or marshy. countable, uncountable
"It is this duplication of facilities which is mainly responsible for the poor loadings experienced on the Midland & Great Northern line, apart, of course, from the general sparsity of traffic in Northern Norfolk, and the fenlands around the Wash."
2
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water wordnet

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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