marshland
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of marshland
before 1150; Middle English mershland, Old English merscland. See marsh, land
Example Sentences
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The militia member said the number of dead was unknown, as the operation on the vast expanse of water and marshland between Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad was still ongoing.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
Amid this gentle drama, Jewett depicts the marshland, where “the lines of the creeks made a broad tracery whichever way one looked.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Proposals to breach the banks to create the new marshland have gone down very badly.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2024
As a two-time cancer survivor, she has tried to avoid the Stauffer site and Blair landfill, which is shrouded by marshland off the San Francisco Bay Trail.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2024
Slowly, with many halts and detours, the Costas’ boat drew nearer the fens, that wide and never fully mapped wilderness of huge skies and endless marshland in Eastern Anglia.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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