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fenland

fenland noun: a kind of low-lying ground, often wet or marshy.

Noun

fenland (countable and uncountable, plural fenlands)

  1. A kind of low-lying ground, often wet or marshy.
    • 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.1958 August, “Closing of the Midland & Great Northern Line”, in Railway Magazine, pages 525-526

Proper noun capitalized: Fenland

Fenland

  1. A local government district of Cambridgeshire, England.

fenland meaning in Bengali, Tagalog and Persian

fenland in Bengali

এক ধরনের নিচু জমি, জলাভূমি সদৃশ

fenland in Tagalog

low-lying, wet, marshy ground
katunlakan, katanlakan, katarlakan

fenland in Persian

low-lying, wet, marshy ground
لشابزار lešâbzâr

Forms of fenland

pluralfenlands

Origin of fenland

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”).

Words formed from fenland

Questions about fenland

What does fenland mean?
Fenland means a kind of low-lying ground, often wet or marshy.
What is fenland in Bengali?
Fenland in Bengali is এক ধরনের নিচু জমি, জলাভূমি সদৃশ. See Fenland meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is fenland?
Fenland can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of fenland?
The plural of fenland is fenlands.

Words near fenland in the dictionary

  1. fenitized
  2. Feniton
  3. fenitropan
  4. fenitrothion
  5. fenks
  6. fenland
  7. fenlander
  8. fenlanders
  9. fenlands
  10. fenleuton
  11. Fenley

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