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wetland

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural-normally

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: waterland

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: habitat, place, site, location

2

noun

Meaning 2

a low area where the land is saturated with water

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: land, ground, soil

Narrower terms: bog, peat bog, marsh, marshland, fen, fenland, swamp, swampland

History

Etymology

From wet + land. Cognate with West Frisian wetlân.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: vleiland — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Ainu: ピポㇰ (pipok) — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Bashkir: һаҙ (haź) — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Bashkir: һаҙлыҡ (haźlıq) — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Basque: hezegune — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Bulgarian: мочур (močur) — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Catalan: marjal — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Catalan: aiguamoll — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Chinese Mandarin: 濕地 /湿地 (shīdì) — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Czech: mokřad — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Danish: vådområde — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Dutch: drasland — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Dutch: moer — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Dutch: vochtgebied — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Finnish: kosteikko — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • French: zone humide — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Galician: gándara — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • German: Feuchtgebiet — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Greek: υγρότοπος (ygrótopos) — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Hindi: तालाब (tālāb) — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Hungarian: vizes terület/élőhely — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Hungarian: mocsaras terület — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Indonesian: lahan basah — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Indonesian: tanah basah — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Italian: palude — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Italian: area paludosa — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Italian: area acquitrinosa — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Japanese: 湿地 (shitchi) — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Khmer: តំបន់ដីសើម (tâmbândeisaeum) — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Latin: locus ūlīginōsus — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Latin: ūlīginōsa — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Macedonian: мо́клиште (móklište) — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Macedonian: мо́чарка (móčarka) — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Macedonian: мо́чур (móčur) — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Malay: tanah basah — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Manchu: ᠨᡳᠶᠠᡵᡳ (niyari) — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Māori: kūkūwai — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: våtmark — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: våtmark — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Persian: تالاب (tâlâb) — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Persian: کولاب (kulâb) — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Polish: mokradło — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Portuguese: brejo — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Portuguese: paul — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Russian: во́дно-боло́тные уго́дья (vódno-bolótnyje ugódʹja) — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Russian: заболо́ченная террито́рия (zabolóčennaja territórija) — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Sindhi: آبگاهه (ābgāh) — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Spanish: humedal — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
  • Swedish: våtmark — land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas
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