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maremma
[ muh-rem-uh ]
noun
- a marshy region near the seashore, especially in Italy.
- the miasma associated with such a region.
maremma
/ məˈrɛmə /
noun
- a marshy unhealthy region near the shore, esp in Italy
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Origin of maremma1
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Example Sentences
Now and then on my way I met the herds, already setting out for the winter pastures of Maremma.
On Maremma's marsh Swarm not the serpent tribe, as on his haunch They swarm'd, to where the human face begins.
In the Pontine marshes they find a favorite retreat, and in the pestilential Maremma scarcely any other animals are to be seen.
They trooped past our windows, and took their way along the dusty road towards the Maremma.
But being then deserted by most of his followers, he had to fly to the Maremma and seek shelter in the Castle of Astura.
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