marsh

name

1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living by a marsh.
2. A number of places in England:
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7. A township in Surry County, North Carolina, United States.
8. A township in Barnes County, North Dakota, United States.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English merssh, from Old English mersċ, merisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk, derived from *mari, equivalent to mere (“sea, body of water”) + -ish. Doublet of marish, morass, and merse. Cognate with West Frisian mersk, Dutch meers (“grassland, meadow”) and Dutch moeras, German Marsch. More at mere.

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

   “Many animals live in the marsh.”

   “Čepkeliai Marsh consists mainly of bog.”