noun
General Slang
morfa
· noun · welsh
Welsh for a coastal salt marsh — the flat wet land where sea meets field.
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A low-lying coastal wetland — salt marsh, fen, or tidal flat — that the sea floods periodically. The word literally means 'sea-place' (môr + fa). You'll see it stitched into Welsh place names all along the coast: Morfa Conwy, Morfa Nefyn, Morfa Bychan.
“We walked the dog out across the morfa at low tide.”
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morfa In A Sentence
We walked the dog out across the morfa at low tide.
Origin & Usage
Welsh: môr ('sea') + the place-suffix -fa. Effectively 'sea-land'.
Variants
morfeydd
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