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vlei

 (flā, flī)
n. South African
A grassy or marshy wetland, some or all of which is covered with water during the rainy season.

[Afrikaans, from Dutch, vallei, from Middle Dutch valleye, from Old French valee; see valley.]
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vlei

(fleɪ; vleɪ)
n
1. (Physical Geography) South African an area of low marshy ground, esp one that feeds a stream
2. (Physical Geography) dialect Northern US a marsh
[C19: from Afrikaans (for sense 1); from obsolete N American Dutch dialect (for sense 2): valley]
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