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vlei
/ vleɪ, fleɪ /
noun
an area of low marshy ground, esp one that feeds a stream
dialecta marsh
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of vlei1
C19: from Afrikaans (for sense 1); from obsolete N American Dutch dialect (for sense 2): valley
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They said people lived in Dead Man’s Vlei.
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She bounded over the vlei with a speed surprising for her plumpness.
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Regretfully, the vlei people moved away as silently as they had come.
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Soon the vlei looked as deserted as a valley on the moon.
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His legs still ached from his flight over the vlei.
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