marsh

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see also: Marsh

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Etymology

From Middle English merssh, from Old English mersċ, merisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk, derived from *mari, equivalent to mere + -ish.

Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /mɑɹʃ/
• (British) IPA: /mɑː(ɹ)ʃ/
• (obsolete) IPA: /mæʃ/

Noun

marsh (plural marshes)

1. An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass.

   Coordinate terms: bog, moor, swamp

   live in the marsh

Translations

• French: marais
• German: Marsch, Moor, Sumpf, Sumpfgebiet, Sumpfland, Bruch
• Italian: palude
• Portuguese: marisma, pântano
• Russian: боло́то
• Spanish: ciénaga, marisma, pantano, ciénega

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Marsh

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Proper noun

1. Surname for someone living by a marsh.
2. A number of places in England:
   1. A hamlet in Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP8109).
   2. A small village in Yarcombe, East Devon (OS grid ref ST2510).
   3. A small suburb in Oxenhope, City of (OS grid ref SE0235).
   4. A suburb in Cleckheaton, Kirklees (OS grid ref SE1925).
   5. A western suburb in Huddersfield, Kirklees (OS grid ref SE1217).
3. A twp in Surry County, North Carolina.
4. A twp in Barnes County, North Dakota.

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