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Serbonian Bog
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English
Alternative forms
en Sirbonian Bog
Etymology
en la Sirbonis Lacus, from en grc Σιρβωνίδος λίμνη.
Proper noun
1 Serbonian Bog
A wetland in Egypt, famed for falsely appearing to be solid land.
en by extension An inextricable situation.
2 A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog Where armies whole have sunk. 1873