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vlei

/ vleɪ, fleɪ /

noun

  1. an area of low marshy ground, esp one that feeds a stream

  2. dialecta marsh

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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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Example Sentences

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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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