"wetland" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wetlands [plural]
Etymology: From wet + land. Cognate with West Frisian wetlân. Etymology templates: {{com|en|wet|land}} wet + land, {{cog|fy|wetlân}} West Frisian wetlân Head templates: {{en-noun}} wetland (plural wetlands)
  1. (usually in the plural) Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas. Wikipedia link: wetland Tags: plural-normally Categories (topical): Water, Wetlands Categories (place): Bodies of water, Landforms, Places Synonyms: waterland, wetland Translations (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas): vleiland [neuter] (Afrikaans), ピポㇰ (pipok) (Ainu), һаҙ (haź) (Bashkir), һаҙлыҡ (haźlıq) (Bashkir), hezegune (Basque), мочур (močur) [masculine] (Bulgarian), marjal [feminine] (Catalan), aiguamoll [masculine] (Catalan), 濕地 (Chinese Mandarin), 湿地 (shīdì) (Chinese Mandarin), mokřad [masculine] (Czech), vådområde (Danish), drasland [neuter] (Dutch), moer [masculine] (Dutch), vochtgebied [neuter] (Dutch), kosteikko (Finnish), zone humide [feminine] (French), gándara [feminine] (Galician), Feuchtgebiet [neuter] (German), υγρότοπος (ygrótopos) [masculine] (Greek), तालाब (tālāb) [masculine] (Hindi), vizes terület/élőhely (Hungarian), mocsaras terület (Hungarian), lahan basah (Indonesian), tanah basah (Indonesian), palude [feminine] (Italian), area paludosa [feminine] (Italian), area acquitrinosa [feminine] (Italian), 湿地 (shicchi) (alt: しっち) (Japanese), តំបន់ដីសើម (tâmbândeisaeum) (Khmer), мо́клиште (móklište) [neuter] (Macedonian), мо́чарка (móčarka) [feminine] (Macedonian), мо́чур (móčur) [masculine] (Macedonian), tanah basah (Malay), ᠨᡳᠶᠠᡵᡳ (niyari) (Manchu), kūkūwai (Maori), våtmark [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), våtmark [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), تالاب (tâlâb) (Persian), کولاب (kulâb) (Persian), mokradło [neuter] (Polish), brejo [masculine] (Portuguese), paul [masculine] (Portuguese), во́дно-боло́тные уго́дья (vódno-bolótnyje ugódʹja) [neuter, plural] (Russian), заболо́ченная террито́рия (zabolóčennaja territórija) [feminine] (Russian), آبگاهه (Sindhi), humedal [masculine] (Spanish), våtmark [common-gender] (Swedish)
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Inflected forms

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          "tags": [
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          "word": "brejo"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "paul"
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          "word": "во́дно-боло́тные уго́дья"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "заболо́ченная террито́рия"
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          "word": "آبگاهه"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "humedal"
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          "word": "våtmark"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "aiguamoll"
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      "word": "濕地"
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      "word": "kosteikko"
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      "sense": "land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "gándara"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Feuchtgebiet"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "तालाब"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "area acquitrinosa"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しっち",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shicchi",
      "sense": "land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas",
      "word": "湿地"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "tâmbândeisaeum",
      "sense": "land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas",
      "word": "តំបន់ដីសើម"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "móklište",
      "sense": "land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "мо́клиште"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "móčarka",
      "sense": "land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мо́чарка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "móčur",
      "sense": "land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мо́чур"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas",
      "word": "tanah basah"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "niyari",
      "sense": "land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas",
      "word": "ᠨᡳᠶᠠᡵᡳ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas",
      "word": "kūkūwai"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "våtmark"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "våtmark"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tâlâb",
      "sense": "land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas",
      "word": "تالاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kulâb",
      "sense": "land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas",
      "word": "کولاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mokradło"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brejo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vódno-bolótnyje ugódʹja",
      "sense": "land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "во́дно-боло́тные уго́дья"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zabolóčennaja territórija",
      "sense": "land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "заболо́ченная террито́рия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sd",
      "lang": "Sindhi",
      "sense": "land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas",
      "word": "آبگاهه"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "humedal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "våtmark"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wetland"
}

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