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PRONUNCIATION OF FENLAND

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FENLAND

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fenland is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FENLAND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fenland

Fenland is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. Its council is based in March, and covers the neighbouring market towns of Chatteris, Whittlesey, and Wisbech, often called the "capital of the fens". The district covers around 500 square kilometres of mostly agricultural land in the extremely flat Fens. It was formed on 1 April 1974, with the merger of the Borough of Wisbech, Chatteris Urban District, March Urban District, Whittlesey Urban District, North Witchford Rural District and Wisbech Rural District.

Definition of fenland in the English dictionary

The definition of fenland in the dictionary is a marsh or area of land covered by shallow water.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FENLAND


cornland
ˈkɔːnˌlænd
crownland
ˈkraʊnˌlænd
Disneyland
ˈdɪznɪˌlænd
duneland
ˈdjuːnˌlænd
Gelderland
ˈɡɛldəˌlænd
homeland
ˈhəʊmˌlænd
Lakeland
ˈleɪkˌlænd
Maryland
ˈmɛərɪˌlænd
overland
ˈəʊvəˌlænd
pineland
ˈpaɪnˌlænd
Queensland
ˈkwiːnzˌlænd
Rhineland
ˈraɪnˌlænd
screenland
ˈskriːnˌlænd
Sudetenland
suːˈdeɪtənˌlænd
sunland
ˈsʌnˌlænd
Swaziland
ˈswɑːzɪˌlænd
Thailand
ˈtaɪˌlænd
timberland
ˈtɪmbəˌlænd
vacationland
vəˈkeɪʃənˌlænd
wonderland
ˈwʌndəˌlænd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FENLAND

fenestrae
fenestral
fenestrate
fenestrated
fenestration
feng shui
feni
Fenian
Fenianism
Fenians
fenks
fenman
fennec
fennel
fennelflower
fennish
fenny

WORDS THAT END LIKE FENLAND

Burgenland
Deutschland
downland
England
Finland
Greenland
Gulf of Finland
holland
inland
Ireland
island
land
mainland
Nederland
New Zealand
Poland
Rheinland
the mainland
townland
Vinland

Synonyms and antonyms of fenland in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fenland» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FENLAND

Find out the translation of fenland to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fenland from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fenland» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

沼泽地
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fenland
570 millions of speakers

English

fenland
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Fenland
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

fenland
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Фенленд
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pantanal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

fenland
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fenland
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fenland
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fenland
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フェンランド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

fenland
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fenland
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đầm lầy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

fenland
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फनेलॅंड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fenland
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fenland
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fenland
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Фенленда
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Fenland
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

fenland
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slať
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fenland
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fenland
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fenland

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FENLAND»

The term «fenland» is regularly used and occupies the 103.739 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FENLAND» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fenland

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FENLAND»

Discover the use of fenland in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fenland and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fenland: Its Ancient Past and Uncertain Future
A reconstruction of Fenland history through the last 10,000 years.
Harry Godwin, 2009
2
The Medieval Fenland
This 1940 book, together with its companion volume, constitutes an attempt to outline the changing conditions of a fascinating region.
H. C. Darby, 2011
3
Ramsey: The Lives of an English Fenland Town, 1200–1600
The book also crosses chronological boundaries, moving through decades of rebellion, plague, demographic turnover, violence, bloodshed, and war, and ending with religious upheaval that spelled the death of the 600-year-old abbey and the ...
Anne Reiber DeWindt, Edwin Brezette DeWindt, 2006
4
Fenland survey: an essay in landscape and persistence
The Fenland of eastern England was the largest single area of wet lowlands in the UK. In 1981 a Fenland Project began surveying the wetlands of Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk, and this essay in landscape and persistence' ...
David Hall, Richard Bradley, John Coles, 1994
5
Anorak in Fenland
Retired teacher Martin Brady's interest in footpaths leads him to investigate a run-down Fenland farm - which turns out to contain illegal immigrants and to be linked to a national neo-Nazi Organisation.
John F. Nicholson, 2002
6
Notes on the Fenland
East Anglia, they cannot be regarded as indigenous or indicative of climate or other local conditions. Remains of the Red deer (Cervus elaphus) and of the Roe deer (Cervus capreolus) are common in the Fen Beds; both occur in the Gravels  ...
7
Holocene Land-ocean Interaction and Environmental Change ...
Ian Shennan, Julian E. Andrews. Fenland embayment, eastern England DAVID S . BREW,1 TINA HOLT,2 KEN PYE2 & RHONDA NEWSHAM3 1 Coastal and Engineering Geology Group, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, ...
Ian Shennan, Julian E. Andrews, 2000
8
Fenland Waterways
Andrew Hunter Blair's guide to the Middle Level and the waterways that connect the river Great Ouse and the Nene has been revised and improved wiith the addition of detailed mapping of each section of river in the same style as his other ...
Andrew Hunter Blair, 2009
9
The Cambridge, Ely and King's Lynn Road, the Great Fenland ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Charles G. Harper, 2010
10
Settlement and Society
VII. FIELD SYSTEMS IN THE LINCOLNSHIRE FENLAND The Lincolnshire Fenland has some interesting and important problems for the students of field- systems. Its peculiarities were the reflection of the processes of reclamation which were ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FENLAND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fenland is used in the context of the following news items.
1
2015 Fenland Enterprise Business Awards will recognise the …
The top companies and most influential leaders will be celebrated at the Fenland Enterprise Business Awards – and there is still time to enter. «Wisbech Standard, Jul 15»
2
Fenland MP calls for 'disgrace' at Chatteris Tesco site
Fenland MP Steve Barclay wants action on the “disgraceful mess” left by contractors at the mothballed Tesco store site in Chatteris. «Fenland Citizen, Jul 15»
3
Wisbech in Bloom going for eighth gold
Bob Ollier, Fenland District Council's parks and open spaces manager, said: “Our fantasy gardens have always played a big part in Wisbech's ... «Fenland Citizen, Jul 15»
4
New service branches in Wisbech and March
Live Blog · Latest News · Community · Business · Crime · Education · Health · Politics · Fenland District Council · Regional · National. «Fenland Citizen, Jul 15»
5
Call to revamp 999 for smartphones
Live Blog · Latest News · Community · Business · Crime · Education · Health · Politics · Fenland District Council · Regional · National. «Fenland Citizen, Jul 15»
6
New sight loss centre for Chatteris
Photo: Rita Smith (left) opens Cam Sight's new Low Vision Centre with, centre, Dawn Preston, the charity's Fenland community support ... «Fenland Citizen, Jul 15»
7
Food for thought as almost one in 10 Fenland businesses fail to …
In Fenland 66 places have been inspected so far this year. None of them received a zero-rating but nine per cent were found to be below the ... «Wisbech Standard, Jul 15»
8
New manager saves Wisbech St Mary Pre-school from closure
But following an appeal in the Fenland Citizen, the pre-school received a total of 18 applications and interviewed seven candidates on ... «Fenland Citizen, Jul 15»
9
There's a Norman conquest for Fenland Clarion
Fenland Clarion are holding an evening of youth grasstrack races, suitable for junior riders of all abilities under 16, tomorrow (Friday July 10) at ... «Peterborough Telegraph, Jul 15»
10
Wisbech centre's garden is spruced up by Princes Trust team
Young people taking part in Fenland's Princes Trust Team programme spent two weeks sprucing up the outdoor garden areas of The Oasis ... «Fenland Citizen, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
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