marshland

[mahrsh-land]

noun

1. a region, area, or district characterized by marshes, swamps, bogs, or the like.

marshland

/ ˈmɑːʃlənd /

noun

1. land consisting of marshes

Word History and Origins

Origin of marshland¹

before 1150; Middle English mershland, Old English merscland. See marsh, land

Example Sentences

A second video shows Mr Holston heading into marshland to capture a juvenile saltwater crocodile.

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In the sweltering Florida Everglades, surrounded by marshland teeming with alligators and accessible only by a narrow, winding road, lies a facility that’s become a flashpoint in the state’s escalating immigration crackdown.

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“It’s got a river that runs through it. It’s got its own hills, it’s got fields, it’s got forest, it’s got marshland,” Cotton says.

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These new findings build on previous studies that have measured the amount of carbon in the marshland's mud.

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Search teams combed the barren marshland on foot near to where he was found while a helicopter and drones searched for any clues on how and why he got there.

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Related Words

• bog 
• glade