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fenland

(ˈfɛnˌlænd)
n
(Physical Geography) a marsh or area of land covered by shallow water
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fen•land

(ˈfɛnˌlænd, -lənd)

n.
a low area of marshy ground.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.fenland - low-lying wet land with grassy vegetationfenland - 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"
salt marsh - low-lying wet land that is frequently flooded with saltwater
wetland - a low area where the land is saturated with water
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Translations

fenland

[ˈfenlənd] N (Brit) → terreno m pantanoso, marisma f
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In Paddington all Cornwall is latent and the remoter west; down the inclines of Liverpool Street lie fenlands and the illimitable Broads; Scotland is through the pylons of Euston; Wessex behind the poised chaos of Waterloo.
The Fenland Animal Rescue charity's founder Josh Flanagan said: "The young pup would have most certainly died from a lack of food and fluids."
Fenland Animal Rescue founder Josh Flanagan said the pup "most certainly would have suffered a long and painful end" from lack of food and fluid had it been left to fend for itself.
Results: H Huntley (Hartlepool Catholic) LPTSUN O Forbes (Houghton & District), O Imeson (Hendon) WPTSUN A Gaskin (Barnard Castle), L Fannon (Hartlepool Catholic) LPTSUN T Hunter (Boldon), T Miller (Hartlepool Catholic) LPTSUN D Swales (Redcar), D Skedd (Hartlepool Catholic) LPTSUN G Ciureja (Fenland Sparta), A Metcalfe (Hartlepool Catholic) WPTSUN A Chaplin (Houghton & District), R Hopkins (Hartlepool Catholic) LPTSUN K Cunny (High Fell), D Marshall (Hartlepool Catholic) WPTSUN B Dragicevic (Republic of Serbia), R Bailey (Hartlepool Catholic) WPTSUN L.Owens (Crook Town), L.Theasby (Hartlepool Catholic) LSPLIT J.Bowden (Redcar), R.Appleby (Hartlepool Catholic) LSPLIT E.Garretty (Dunston), J.Brown (Hartlepool Catholic) WPTSUN S.Robinson (Walkerfield).
Turkey sent about 125 Syrian refugees who were staying at refugee camps to Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Fenland and Lithuania, said spokesman for Turkish Foreign Ministry Tango Balijaj on Monday during a news conference.
THE Cannings' PS32.5 million jackpot has completed a golden triangle of lottery wins in rural Fenland.
Fenland is also located in Cambridgeshire and has an installed capacity of 20.4MWp.
The two plants, Green End (24.8 MW) and Fenland (20.4 MW), were both connected in March 2015 and therefore qualify for the UK Government's (ROCs) for 20 years.
The members of the Estonian Unit carried out the needed exercises and preparations in Fenland with peace keepers' soldiers under the supervision of the Finish Unit Command.
The company started construction and grid connection of both projects in the first quarter of 2015 after having received planning consent for the Fenland Farm and the Green End PV parks in November 2014 and December 2014 respectively.