Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fenland

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.90 in modern English

Syllables: fen-land
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of low-lying ground, often wet or marshy.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A local government district of Cambridgeshire, England.

Example Sentences

"It is this duplication of facilities which is mainly responsible for the poor loadings experienced on the Midland & Great Northern line, apart, of course, from the general sparsity of traffic in Northern Norfolk, and the fenlands around the Wash."

Etymology

From Middle English fenlond, from Old English fenland, equivalent to fen + land. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foanlound (“moorland”), West Frisian feanlân (“peat bog”), Dutch veenland (“peat bog”), Middle Low German vēnlant, vennelant (“swampy, boggy pastureland”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: fenlond, fenland

Usage

Inflected Forms

fenlands (plural)

Derived Forms

fenlander

Frequently Paired Words

bog marsh moor swamp

Synonyms

marsh marshland fen

Questions

What does fenland mean?: A kind of low-lying ground, often wet or marshy.
Where does fenland come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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