Marsh

/mɑɹʃ/ name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants. (Compare swamp, bog, fen, morass.)

    "Many animals live in the marsh."

  2. 2
    low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living by a marsh.
  2. 2
    A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8109).
  3. 3
    A number of places in England:; A small village in Yarcombe parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST2510).
  4. 4
    A number of places in England:; A small suburb of Oxenhope, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0235).
  5. 5
    A number of places in England:; A suburb of Cleckheaton, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1925).
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  1. 6
    A number of places in England:; A western suburb of Huddersfield, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1217).
  2. 7
    A township in Surry County, North Carolina, United States.
  3. 8
    A township in Barnes County, North Dakota, United States.

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marshlandbayoubogbottombottomlandbruch

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"Lots of herons live in the marsh."

Etymology

From Middle English merssh, from Old English mersċ, merisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk, derived from *mari, equivalent to mere (“sea, body of water”) + -ish. Doublet of marish, morass, and merse. Cognate with West Frisian mersk, Dutch meers (“grassland, meadow”) and Dutch moeras, German Marsch. More at mere.

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