fen
1- low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- the Fens, a marshy region W and S of The Wash, in E England.
Origin of fen
1fen
2- an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the People's Republic of China, the hundredth part of a yuan or the tenth part of a jiao.
Origin of fen
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Historical Examples of fen
For a first book ‘A Daughter of the Fen’ is full of promise.
Robert OrangeJohn Oliver Hobbes
Beyond, flows the Fen River, and before him is the city gate.
The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi'sA. Mildred Cable
There was not a light in any house she passed, not even in Mr. Fen Llewellen's cottage.
Nan Sherwood at Pine CampAnnie Roe Carr
Shall we try to circle this fen and get across, or go back again?
Girl Scouts in the AdirondacksLillian Elizabeth Roy
But do you think it will take off all the water, and spoil the fen, Dave?
Dick o' the FensGeorge Manville Fenn
fen
1- low-lying flat land that is marshy or artificially drained
Word Origin for fen
fen
2- a monetary unit of the People's Republic of China, worth one hundredth of a yuan
Word Origin for fen
Word Origin and History for fen
Old English fenn "mud, mire, dirt; fen, marsh, moor," from Proto-Germanic *fanjam- (cf. Old Saxon feni, Old Frisian fenne, Middle Dutch venne, Dutch veen, Old High German fenna, German Fenn "marsh," Old Norse fen, Gothic fani "mud"), from PIE *pen- "swamp" (cf. Gaulish anam "water," Sanskrit pankah "bog, marsh, mud," Old Prussian pannean "swampland"). Italian and Spanish fango, Old French fanc, French fange "mud" are loan-words from Germanic. The native Latin word was limus or lutum.