fenland
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fenland
Example Sentences
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"Fishlake is on the edge of the Great Humberhead levels which was a massive fenland and huge peat bog until the 1700s," said Prof Ian Rotherham from Sheffield Hallam University.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2019
The charred earthenware, excavated from the Cambridgeshire fenland, looks unremarkable, but the manner of its storage reveals new things about the past.
From Economist ● Aug. 4, 2016
Following the excavation, the land will be restored to a mix of fenland habitats and managed as part of the Great Fen reserve by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2015
Then there's the fenland, which in winter converts to wonderful marshland, attracting arctic and subarctic wildfowl and geese.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 30, 2013
I sink down into my body as into a swamp, fenland, where only I know the footing.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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