Great Black Swamp

proper noun

A former swamp area located in the northeast of the U.S. state of Ohio, extending southwest from the western end of the southern coast of Lake Erie, to the east of Toledo. It was drained in the 19th century to create farmland.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalA former swamp area located in the northeast of the U.S. state of Ohio, extending southwest from the western end of the southern coast of Lake Erie, to the east of Toledo. It was drained in the 19th century to create farmland.
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