Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Ees (plural of ee) is an archaic English term for a piece of land liable to flood, or water meadow. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon ¯eg (or ¯ieg) meaning \"'island', also used of a piece of firm land in a fen and of land situated on a stream or between streams\". It is still used locally in Greater Manchester to indicate former water meadows and flood basins adjoining the River Mersey: Chorlton Ees, Sale Ees and Stretford Ees. The term is also modified to \"eye\" and \"eea\" in the name of Park Eye (or Park Eea)."@en }
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- Ees_(place_name) abstract "Ees (plural of ee) is an archaic English term for a piece of land liable to flood, or water meadow. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon ¯eg (or ¯ieg) meaning \"'island', also used of a piece of firm land in a fen and of land situated on a stream or between streams\". It is still used locally in Greater Manchester to indicate former water meadows and flood basins adjoining the River Mersey: Chorlton Ees, Sale Ees and Stretford Ees. The term is also modified to \"eye\" and \"eea\" in the name of Park Eye (or Park Eea).".