uvala

English

Noun

uvala (plural uvalas)

1. (geology) A closed karst depression, a landform usually of elongated or compound structure and of larger size than a sinkhole.
   • 2011 November, Jelena Ćalić, “Karstic uvala revisited: Toward a redefinition of the term”, in Geomorphology‎^[1], volume 134, numbers 1–2, Elsevier BV, →DOI, archived from the original on 2 December 2023, pages 32–42:

     Uvalas are a particular type of karst closed depression. While other types of closed depression—dolines and poljes—are regularly listed and relatively well-defined in overviews of karst surface morphology, uvalas are either excluded or their vague identification is stressed

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ûʋala/
• Hyphenation: u‧va‧la

Noun

ȕvala f (Cyrillic spelling у̏вала)

1. valley
2. inlet, cove

Declension

Declension of uvala

	singular	plural
nominative	uvala	uvale
genitive	uvale	uvala
dative	uvali	uvalama
accusative	uvalu	uvale
vocative	uvalo	uvale
locative	uvali	uvalama
instrumental	uvalom	uvalama