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fen | polder |

As a noun polder is

(geography) an area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes.

fen

English

(wikipedia fen)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) ).

Noun

(en noun)
  • a type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline
  • * 1842 ,
    • In dark fens of the Dismal Swamp / The hunted Negro lay; [...]
    Derived terms
    * fenlike * fennish

    See also

    * bog * everglade * marsh * swamp * wetland

    Etymology 2

    From (fan), by analogy with (men) as the plural of (man).

    Noun

    fen' (p) (''singular:'' ' fan )
  • a plural form of fan used by enthusiasts of science fiction, fantasy, and anime, partly from whimsy and partly to distinguish themselves from fans of sport, etc.
  • * 1951 , Winthrop Sargeant, Through the Interstellar Looking Glass'' (in ''Life magazine, 21 May 1951)
    • Sad to relate, however, some of the European delegates were probably insurgents rather than true fen .

    Coordinate terms

    * fenne

    Derived terms

    * actifen * confen * eofen * fakefen * femme fen * femfen * femmefen * fringefen * litfen * mediafen * neofen * passifen * stfen * trufan * zinefen ----

    polder

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geography) An area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes.
  • *1999 , (Philipp Blom), translating Geert Mak, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City , Vintage 2001, p. 43:
  • *:The patron saint of the Oude Kerk, Saint Nicolaas, the ‘water saint’, was also very popular, as he protected the sailors and those living on the polders from the dangers of the sea.