liman

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɪˈmɑn/

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish: liman

In summary

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

Synonyms

estuary

firth

drowned valley

submerged valley

coastal salt lake