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fen  (fn)

n.

Low, flat, swampy land; a bog or marsh.

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[Middle English, from Old English fenn.]

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fen¹

n

(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) low-lying flat land that is marshy or artificially drained

[Old English fenn; related to Old High German fenna, Old Norse fen, Gothic fani clay, Sanskrit panka mud]

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fen²

n pl fen

(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) a monetary unit of the People's Republic of China, worth one hundredth of a yuan

[from Mandarin Chinese]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fen - 100 fen equal 1 yuan in China Chinese monetary unit - the monetary unit in the People's Republic of China jiao - 10 jiao equal 1 yuan in China
	2.	fen - low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England" fenland, marsh, marshland salt marsh - low-lying wet land that is frequently flooded with saltwater wetland - a low area where the land is saturated with water

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fen

noun marsh, moss (Scot.), swamp, bog, slough, quagmire, holm (dialect), morass peat is growing in the fen

Translations

fen [fen] N (Brit) (often pl) → zona f pantanosa, pantano m
the Fens (Brit) las tierras bajas de Norfolk

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fen

n → Moor- or Sumpfland nt; the Fens die Niederungen in East Anglia

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fen [fɛn] n (often pl) (Brit) → zona paludosa
see also Fens

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fen

n fen [fen]

an area of low marshy land often covered with water. moeras مُسْتَنْقَعات تحت مُسْتوى سَطْح الأرْض мочурище bažina, močál marsk das Moor βάλτος pantano soo باتلاق suo marécage אֵזוֹר בִּיצוֹת दलदल močvara mocsár rawa fen, mÿri palude 沼地 소택지 pelkė purvs; dumbrājs paya moeras myrlendt område bagnisko pântano mlaştină болото močiar močvirje bara kärr, myr, sankmark ชายเลน bataklık 沼澤 болото, драговина نیچا ، دلدلی یا سیلابی قطعئہ زمین miền đầm lầy 沼泽