marsh means A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living by a marsh.
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marsh is pronounced /mɑɹʃ/.
Etymology
From Middle English merssh, from Old English mersċ, merisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk, derived from *mari, equivalent to mere (“sea, body of water”) + -ish. Doublet of marish, morass, and merse. Cognate with West Frisian mersk, Dutch meers (“grassland, meadow”) and Dutch moeras, German Marsch. More at mere.
name
- A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living by a marsh.
- A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8109).
- A number of places in England:; A small village in Yarcombe parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST2510).
- A number of places in England:; A small suburb of Oxenhope, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0235).
- A number of places in England:; A suburb of Cleckheaton, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1925).
- A number of places in England:; A western suburb of Huddersfield, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1217).
- A township in Surry County, North Carolina, United States.
- A township in Barnes County, North Dakota, United States.
noun
- An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants.e.g.“Many animals live in the marsh.”
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