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fenlands

fenlands is the plural of fenland.

Meaning of fenland

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

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Questions about fenlands

What is fenlands the plural of?
Fenlands is the plural of fenland.

Words near fenlands in the dictionary

  1. fenitrothion
  2. fenks
  3. fenland
  4. fenlander
  5. fenlanders
  6. fenlands
  7. fenleuton
  8. Fenley
  9. Fenleys
  10. fenlike
  11. Fenlon

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