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Pontine Marshes

plural noun

  1. an area in W Italy, SE of Rome: formerly marshy, now drained.


Pontine Marshes

/ ˈpɒntaɪn /

plural noun

  1. an area of W Italy, southeast of Rome: formerly malarial swamps, drained in 1932–34 after numerous attempts since 160 bc had failed Italian nameAgro Pontinoˈɑːɡro ponˈtiːno
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Of the Pontine Marshes themselves it is certain that they are not salubrious, and malaria is most prevalent near them.

Cisterna di Roma, a dozen kilometres further on, is a typical hill top town overlooking the Pontine Marshes below.

Arbuthnot's visit has quite set me up, like a whiff of London in the Pontine marshes of Trieste.

He rendered his name famous by draining the Pontine marshes.

Trajan also began to make roads across the Pontine Marshes, and founded several public libraries.

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