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pocosin
po·co·sin P0394900 (pə-kō′sĭn)n. Chiefly South Atlantic US A swamp in an upland coastal region. Also called regionally dismal.
[Possibly of Virginia Algonquian origin.]Word History: In the Atlantic coastal plain from Virginia through northern Florida, a swamp or marsh can be called a pocosin or a dismal, the second term illustrated in the name of the Dismal Swamp on the border of North Carolina and Virginia. The word pocosin is probably a borrowing from Virginia Algonquian. The early settlers used pocosin as a designation for low swampy ground, especially a wooded swamp.pocosin (pəˈkəʊsɪn) n (Environmental Science) US a swamp in a US upland coastal regionpo•co•sin or po•co•son or po•co•sen (pəˈkoʊ sən, ˈpoʊ kə sən)
n. Southeastern U.S. a swamp or marsh in an upland coastal region. [1625–35, Amer.; probably < an Algonquian language]
pocosin
pocosin (pə-kō′sĭn)n. Chiefly South Atlantic US A swamp in an upland coastal region. Also called regionally dismal. |