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Great Black Swamp

Great Black Swamp proper noun: a former swamp area located in the northeast of the U.S. state of Ohio, extending southwest from the western end of the southern coast of Lake Erie, to the east of Toledo. It was drained in the 19th century to create farmland.

Proper noun

Great Black Swamp

  1. (historical) A former swamp area located in the northeast of the U.S. state of Ohio, extending southwest from the western end of the southern coast of Lake Erie, to the east of Toledo. It was drained in the 19th century to create farmland.

Questions about Great Black Swamp

What does Great Black Swamp mean?
Great Black Swamp means a former swamp area located in the northeast of the U.S. state of Ohio, extending southwest from the western end of the southern coast of Lake Erie, to the east of Toledo. It was drained in the 19th century to create farmland.
What part of speech is Great Black Swamp?
Great Black Swamp is a proper noun.

Words near Great Black Swamp in the dictionary

  1. Great Bitter Lake
  2. great bittern
  3. great bitterns
  4. great black hawk
  5. great black hawks
  6. Great Black Swamp
  7. great black-backed gull
  8. great black-backed gulls
  9. great blue heron
  10. great blue herons
  11. great blue lobelia

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