maremma

[muh-rem-uh]

noun, plural ma·rem·me [muh-rem-ee] /məˈrɛm i/.

a marshy region near the seashore, especially in Italy.

the miasma associated with such a region.

Origin of maremma

1825–35; < Italian < Latin maritima, feminine of maritimus maritime

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Examples from the Web for maremma

Historical Examples of maremma

But for the road, the carriage, it might have been in the Maremma for utter loneliness and freshness.
The Spirit of Rome
Vernon Lee
She could not look like the woman in Maremma, who had been a vagrant and a gipsy.
A Rainy June and Other Stories
Ouida
And they had no Maremma to separate them from this garden of theirs.
Modern Painters, Volume V (of 5)
John Ruskin
Every one knows the route; over the Maremma, between the sea and the mountains.
Ruskin Relics
W. G. Collingwood
If the Maremma is as malarial as it is famed, it does not look it.
Roman Holidays and Others
W. D. Howells

British Dictionary definitions for maremma

maremma

noun plural -me (-miː)

a marshy unhealthy region near the shore, esp in Italy

Word Origin for maremma

C19: from Italian, from Latin maritima maritime

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