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