vlei

British  

/ vleɪ, fleɪ /

noun

1. an area of low marshy ground, esp one that feeds a stream

2. dialect a marsh

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Etymology

Origin of vlei

C19: from Afrikaans (for sense 1); from obsolete N American Dutch dialect (for sense 2): _valley

Example Sentences

“Sure. Get me onto Dead Man’s Vlei, and I might as well give you the bus. Get out of here before I press the panic button.”

From Literature

Dead Man’s Vlei wasn’t empty at all.

From Literature

They reflected on the ghostly faces of the vlei people.

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Fist sat with a few of the more alert vlei people and applied himself to a mountain of food.

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Clearly, Dead Man’s Vlei had been inhabited a long time.

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