maremma

[ muh-rem-uh ]

/ məˈrɛm ə /

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.

Words nearby maremma

mare undarum, mare vaporum, mare's-nest, mare's-tail, marek's disease, maremma, maremma sheepdog, marengo, marenzio, mareograph, marero

Origin of maremma

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

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Examples from the Web for maremma

And they had no Maremma to separate them from this garden of theirs.
Modern Painters, Volume V (of 5)|John Ruskin
They trooped past our windows, and took their way along the dusty road towards the Maremma.
Pictures in Umbria|Katharine S. (Katharine Sarah) Macquoid
On Maremma's marsh Swarm not the serpent tribe, as on his haunch They swarm'd, to where the human face begins.
The Vision of Hell, Part 8|Dante Alighieri
Oats, cultivated in the Roman and Tuscan maremma and in Apulia, are used almost exclusively for horses and cattle.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 1|Various

In the province of Grosseto, which embraces nearly the whole of the Maremma, the annual mortality was 3.92 per cent.
Man and Nature|George P. Marsh

British Dictionary definitions for maremma

maremma

/ (məˈrɛmə) /

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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