drumlin

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English[edit]

Diagram of drumlins showing direction of glacial drift.

Etymology[edit]

Irish droim (back, ridge) + English diminutive suffix -lin (variant of -ling).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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drumlin (plural drumlins)

  1. (geography) An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift.

Translations[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Irish droim.

Noun[edit]

drumlin m (plural drumlins)

  1. drumlin

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French drumlin.

Noun[edit]

drumlin n (plural drumline)

  1. drumlin

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