Marsh

biographical name

ˈmärsh

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Dame (Edith) Ngaio ˈnī-(ˌ)ō

1899–1982 New Zealand writer

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marsh

noun

ˈmärsh

: an area of soft wet land usually overgrown by grasses and sedges

marshy

ˈmär-shē

adjective

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