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Volymhandel
Jun 13, 2013 20:41
11 yrs ago
Swedish term

flodland

Swedish to English Art/Literary General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
I can't quite make out what a "flodland" is - is it a flood plain? A river-y landscape? The equivalent of fens or marshes but in Belgium? Any pointers appreciated.

"Huset låg vid en insjö i naturreservatet Doornendijk i det flandriska flodlandet Meetjesland, en dryg mil norr om Gent."
Proposed translations (English)
3 flat lowlands
4 +2 floodplains
4 creek area
2 flooded area
1 flood lands

Discussion

Deane Goltermann Jun 13, 2013:
River basin district (see 3) Polder Basin? Polder Don't know my self, but this was interesting -- a fun read if you have time. But here you are 'International River Basin District Description of the Scheldt'
1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meetjesland

2)http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~noemeetjes...

3) http://www.isc-cie.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=art...

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flat lowlands

Here's how another site describes the area. A look at the map says this is the what it is. But where does the Swe usage come from? Found some Danish references where flodland = 'river country', which to me says nothing but could be used. I don't think 'flood plain' fits here. This is a lowland coastal area. Otherwise, see my discussion. Good luck

http://www.ohwy.com/be/m/meetjesl.htm

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-06-13 21:55:31 GMT)
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Did you find this one? No not the hippo, but farther down...
http://g3.spraakdata.gu.se/saob/show.phtml?filenr=1/70/239.h...

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Note added at 6 days (2013-06-20 08:28:56 GMT) Post-grading
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Good one! I'll remember it. Thanks for the points...
Example sentence:

the flat lowlands of Meetjesland

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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks for your input Deane. I settled for "fenland" in the end - should resonate best with UK readers (Meetjesland is just over the water from Norfolk/East Anglia). But I think you hit on it - this is no floodplain in the typical sense."
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flood lands

Extremely tentative suggestion, but I thought some historical insight on the area might provide guidance. The link below suggests the area has a history involving a famous flood, among other things.

Might this term then be a reference to well-known local history, rather than a specific feature of the landscape i.e. it defines a general area?

Quote: "During a great storm more than 6 centuries ago, the salty water of the Westerscheldt inundated the land. That terrible catastrophy in that November 1377 night has been called the Elisabeth Flood. "

And much of what follows is a very watery tale, by and large.

This general area is likely to be more or less the same area as the flood plain, I suppose.
Reference:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~noemeetjesland/meetjesland/meetjesland.htm

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creek area

This is a term used to describe the area of Meetjesland.
Reference:

http://www.bedandbreakfastrooms.com/Europe/Belgium/Assenede/193/

http://www.secondcasa.com/en/gite-holiday-house-assenede/o9987

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floodplains

Flood plains are areas surrounding a river, that regularly gets flooded by excess waters. The area around the Nile is a classic example.
Reference:

http://www.cees.iupui.edu/education/Information_Resources/floodplains.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floodplain

Peer comment(s):
agree Anna Herbst : SAOB säger: "lågland som ligger omkring flod l. mellan floder"
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agree Cynthia Coan : Makes sense.
2 days 23 hrs
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flooded area

The Meetjesland is a historical region in the north-west of the province East Flanders. The name Vlaanderen (Flanders) was probably formed from a root flām-, meaning "flooded area". This is purely a guess work.
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