doline
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a Slavic (most likely Russian[1] or Slovene[2]) word dolina ("valley"), perhaps via German Doline.
Noun[edit]
doline (plural dolines)
Translations[edit]
depression in karstic terrain
any sinkhole — see sinkhole
References[edit]
- ^ “doline”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- ^ “doline”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Serbo-Croatian dolina; compare Polish dolina.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
doline f (plural dolines)
Further reading[edit]
- “doline”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Noun[edit]
doline (Cyrillic spelling долине)
- inflection of dolina:
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