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Meaning of Marsh | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

mɑɹʃ

Definitions

An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants. (Compare swamp, bog, fen, morass.)
A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living by a marsh.
A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8109).
A small village in Yarcombe parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST2510).
A small suburb of Oxenhope, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0235).
A suburb of Cleckheaton, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1925).
A western suburb of Huddersfield, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1217).
A township in Surry County, North Carolina, United States.
A township in Barnes County, North Dakota, United States.

Equivalents

Afrikaans moeras

العربية المستنقع مستنقع نَعْصَة

Български блато тресавище

བོད་སྐད འདམ

Bosanski bara barski batak brana mar močvara блато мочвара

Català aiguamoll marjal

Čeština bahenní bažina močál mokřad

Cymraeg cors

Dansk mose

Deutsch Bruch Marsch Marshsch Moor Moos Sumpf Sumpfgebiet Sumpfland

Ελληνικά βάλτος έλος

Esperanto marĉo

Español almarjal armajal ciénaga ciénega marisma marjal pantano

Eesti lodu

فارسی مرداب هور

Suomi lutakko marskimaa suo suoalue

Français marais

Gaeilge corcach corrach eanach riasc seascann

Gàidhlig boglach lèana

Galego boedo braña chope corgo groto lagorza lagueiro lagumeiro lama lamazal lameiro olleiro ulló

עברית אגם ביצה

Hrvatski bara barski batak brana mar močvara блато мочвара

Magyar lap mocsár

Հայերեն ճահիճ

Bahasa Indonesia paya rawa

Íslenska mýri

Italiano palude

日本語沢沼沢湫湿原湿地

ქართული ჭაობი

한국어 늪 늪지 소택 습지 택

Kurdî çors lama lap lap mar

Latina lama padulis palus

Lëtzebuergesch Mouer

Lietuvių pélkė

Latviešu muklājs purvājs purvs slīkšņa staignums

മലയാളം ചതുപ്പ്

Bahasa Melayu paya rawa

Nederlands broek moer moeras

Polski bagno błota błoto moczar mokradło rozlew rozlewisko

Português marisma pântano

Русский болото

Ikinyarwanda igishanga

Slovenčina močiar

Shqip kënetë

Српски bara barski batak brana mar močvara блато мочвара

Svenska kärr mar träsk

Tagalog lati

Türkçe batak bataklık

Українська багно болотний болото драговина

Tiếng Việt đồng lầy

Examples

“Many animals live in the marsh.”

“Čepkeliai Marsh consists mainly of bog.”

CEFR level

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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