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Okefenokee Swamp

American  
[oh-kuh-fuh-noh-kee] / ˌoʊ kə fəˈnoʊ ki /

noun

  1. a large wooded swamp area in SE Georgia.


Okefenokee Swamp British  
/ ˌəʊkɪfɪˈnəʊkɪ /

noun

  1. a swamp in the US, in SE Georgia and N Florida: protected flora and fauna. Area: 1554 sq km (600 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He travels through the Okefenokee Swamp and up mountains in Wyoming.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

It gained momentum this year as Okefenokee Swamp Park, which operates boat tours and other concessions within the refuge, signed an agreement with the Fish and Wildlife Service to raise money to fund the application.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2023

As a boy, he had a pet alligator and enjoyed trips with his father to the Okefenokee Swamp, the largest wetland in the South.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2023

As it happened, the woman had been born on Friday the 13th in Florida's Okefenokee Swamp.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2022

It was called Okefenokee Swamp, which means “Land of Trembling Earth” in Seminole.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata

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