doline

See also: Doline and dolinę

English

Alternative forms

dolina

Etymology

From a Slavic (most likely Russian[1] or Slovene[2]) word for valley.

Noun

doline (plural dolines)

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

Translations

depression in karstic terrain

Finnish: doliini (fi)
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Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

any sinkhole — see sinkhole

References

“doline” in the Collins English Dictionary
“doline” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.

Anagrams

Leonid, Liendo, dienol, elonid, indole, olenid

French

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian dolina; compare Polish dolina.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɔ.lin/

Noun

doline f (plural dolines)

sinkhole, shakehole

Further reading

“doline” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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