wetland

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wetland

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From wet + land. Cognate with West Frisian wetlân.

noun wetlands

  1. plural normally Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas. European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.

    Similar: waterland, wetland

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Closest in meaning: swamp, bayou, fen, aquatic, pond, bog, marsh, muskeg, boggy, marshland, marshy, swampy, wetter, wet, moisture, humid

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noun land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas

Españolhumedal
日本語湿地 shitchi
中文濕地 /湿地 shīdì
हिन्दीतालाब tālāb
Portuguêsbrejo, paul
Françaiszone humide
DeutschFeuchtgebiet
Italianopalude, area paludosa, area acquitrinosa
Ελληνικάυγρότοπος ygrótopos
Русскийво́дно-боло́тные уго́дья vódno-bolótnyje ugódʹja, заболо́ченная террито́рия zabolóčennaja territórija

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@misc{wetland_2026,
  title = {wetland},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wetland},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}