maremma

[ muh-rem-uh ]

/ məˈrɛm ə /

a marshy region near the seashore, especially in Italy.

the miasma associated with such a region.

Origin of maremma

1825–35; < Italian < Latin maritima, feminine of maritimus maritime

And they had no Maremma to separate them from this garden of theirs.

Modern Painters, Volume V (of 5) |John Ruskin
They trooped past our windows, and took their way along the dusty road towards the Maremma.

Pictures in Umbria |Katharine S. (Katharine Sarah) Macquoid
On Maremma's marsh Swarm not the serpent tribe, as on his haunch They swarm'd, to where the human face begins.

The Vision of Hell, Part 8 |Dante Alighieri
Oats, cultivated in the Roman and Tuscan maremma and in Apulia, are used almost exclusively for horses and cattle.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 1 |Various

In the province of Grosseto, which embraces nearly the whole of the Maremma, the annual mortality was 3.92 per cent.

Man and Nature |George P. Marsh

maremma

/ (məˈrɛmə) /

a marshy unhealthy region near the shore, esp in Italy

C19: from Italian, from Latin maritima maritime