bogland

Etymology

bog + land

noun

  1. Land that is predominantly boggy; marshland.
    I had been on a message for my father, and was walking home along the road, when I saw a tall, fine lassie coming over the bogland on the right hand side of the road. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 27
    I moved west to the moody, slightly creepy bogland zone called Zangarmarsh and became my server’s first Level 62er just before noon. January 19, 2007, Seth Schiesel, “O Brave New World That Has Such Gamers in It”, in New York Times

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