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Marais

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A historical district in Paris, France.
Noun
  1. 1
    A marsh; a marshy area, one intermittently covered with water, particularly in Louisiana, or in other French-speaking areas.

    "[…] and as all along the sea-coast, at least in those parts where I have resided, there has always been a vast extent of marais, or marsh, which has been bien communal, the poorer classes experienced no obstacle to their living in this manner. And no porte d'arme is required."

  2. 2
    plural of marai form-of, plural

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French marais (and in Louisiana, Louisiana French marais).

Etymology 2

From French Marais.

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