doline

See also: Doline and dolinę

English

Alternative forms

• dolina

Etymology

From a Slavic (most likely Russian or Slovene) word for valley, perhaps via German Doline.

Noun

doline (plural dolines)

1. A depression (basin, hollow) in karstic terrain/limestone.
2. (by extension) Any sinkhole.

Translations

depression in karstic terrain

• Finnish: doliini (fi)
• German: Doline (de) f
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
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• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

any sinkhole — see sinkhole

Further reading

• sinkhole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Leonid, Liendo, dienol, elonid, indole, olenid

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French

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian dolina; compare Polish dolina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ.lin/

Noun

doline f (plural dolines)

1. sinkhole, shakehole

Further reading

• “doline”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

doline (Cyrillic spelling долине)

1. inflection of dolina:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural