liman

Bedeutung (Englisch)

A wide estuary formed as a lagoon at the mouth of one or more rivers, where flow is constrained by a bar of sediments (created by either the current of a sea or a sediment-saturated river), especially in the Black Sea region.

Konzepte

Liman

Synonyme

drowned valley

submerged valley

coastal salt lake

Übersetzungen

de Lima

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/lɪˈmɑn/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Russian лима́н (limán) or Ukrainian лима́н (lymán), from Turkic, compare Turkish liman (“port, harbor”). Ultimately from Ancient Greek λιμήν (limḗn, “harbor”).

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