swamplands

plural of swampland
as in marshes
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water much of the county's swampland was drained for agriculture

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Recent Examples of swamplands As with her earlier work, ecotourism will be a crucial component of conserving these feral swamplands and dry tropical forests at the heart of South America. The Editors, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026 In the 1950s, land reclamation transformed former swamplands and a typhoon shelter into today’s Victoria Park and Causeway Bay. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026 The pic centers on a group of holidaymakers who must fight for their lives against a rampaging hippo after becoming lost in the Louisiana swamplands. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2026 In the swamplands of Florida there sits a forcefield that formed after a meteor hit the area. Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025 Temperatures will dip below freezing in parts of all Lower 48 states, including Florida’s subtropical regions, Louisiana’s swamplands and the mountains of California. Brandi D. Addison, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Nov. 2025 The song centers on a potential lover intent on enticing someone who found big cities in California and New York underwhelming to try out the sights of moonlit cypress trees in Louisiana, with its swamplands and sounds of Zydeco. Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swamplands
Noun
  • Smaller marshes are proposed at the Tecolote Creek outfall and at East Shores south of the visitor center.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
  • North American river otters live in rivers, lakes, streams, marshes and on seacoasts, according to the conservation group River Otter Ecology Project.
    Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The wetlands commission could decide on the application as soon as this week.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The project would develop warehouses and associated infrastructure, and the area is currently cropland, woodlands and wetlands.
    Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Flash flooding swamps Henry County Aubrey Wright Commissioner Steve Dellinger said Henry County is probably looking at record rainfall and flooding.
    Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But bad ideas are like those Hollywood horror movies in which monsters always reemerge from the swamps to terrorize us again.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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“Swamplands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swamplands. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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