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POLDER

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 972 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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POLDER , the Dutch name for a piece of See also:

low-lying, marshy See also:land reclaimed from the See also:sea or other See also:water by drainage and diking (see See also:HOLLAND) .

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