maremma

maremma [muh-rem-uh] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural ma·rem·me [muh-rem-ee] /məˈrɛm i/.

1. a marshy region near the seashore, especially in Italy.
2. the miasma associated with such a region.

Origin of maremma 1825–35; Italian Latin maritima, feminine of maritimus maritime Examples from the Web for maremma Historical Examples of maremma

But for the road, the carriage, it might have been in the Maremma for utter loneliness and freshness.

The Spirit of Rome

Vernon Lee

She could not look like the woman in Maremma, who had been a vagrant and a gipsy.

A Rainy June and Other Stories

Ouida

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

Modern Painters, Volume V (of 5)

John Ruskin

Every one knows the route; over the Maremma, between the sea and the mountains.

Ruskin Relics

W. G. Collingwood

If the Maremma is as malarial as it is famed, it does not look it.

Roman Holidays and Others

W. D. Howells

British Dictionary definitions for maremma maremma noun plural -me (-miː)

1. a marshy unhealthy region near the shore, esp in Italy

Word Origin for maremma C19: from Italian, from Latin maritima maritime