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
  • Situated between busier coastal destinations this idyllic town and its marshes will immediately transport you back to your early carefree days playing in creeks, digging in pluff mud, catching crawfish, and tossing cast nets.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 16 July 2026
  • The couple fell ill in a Medici villa in Poggio a Caiano, near Florence, an area dotted with marshes and rice fields — ideal habitats for mosquitoes that can carry malaria.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Noun
  • Flying Creek Nature Preserve One of Fairhope’s newest outdoor spaces, Flying Creek Nature Preserve, offers peaceful walking trails through wetlands and maritime forest.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2026
  • The Venus flytrap is native only to the coastal wetlands and bogs of North Carolina and South Carolina, and grows naturally in nutrient-poor, acidic, and perpetually wet areas.
    SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 14 July 2026
Noun
  • Found over the eastern half of the state in swamps and sluggish waterways, coastal marshes, rivers, ponds and streams.
    Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Florida alligator safety Alligators have inhabited Florida's marshes, swamps, rivers and lakes for centuries and are found in all of Florida's 67 counties.
    Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 29 June 2026

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“Swamplands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swamplands. Accessed 21 Jul. 2026.

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