FENLAND

marsh, marshland, fen, fenland

(noun) low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; “thousands of acres of marshland”; “the fens of eastern England”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Fenland

A local government district in Cambridgeshire, England.

Etymology

Noun

fenland (countable and uncountable, plural fenlands)

a kind of low-lying ground, often wet or marshy

Source: Wiktionary



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9 May 2024

CONSECRATION

(noun) (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God; “the Cardinal attended the consecration of the church”


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