Pontine Marshes
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Pontine Marshes
–noun
| an area in W Italy, SE of Rome: formerly marshy, now drained. |
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Pon·tine Marshes
 (pŏn'tēn, -tīn) Pronunciation Key
An area of central Italy between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Apennine foothills. Formerly a malarial breeding ground, the land was drained during the 1930s to produce fertile farmland. |
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