tarn

From Middle English terne, tarne (“lake; pond, pool”), from Old Norse tjǫrn (“a small lake without tributaries”), from Proto-Germanic *ternō (“water hole”), perhaps related to *turnaz (“bitter, embittered”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to separate, split; to crack, shatter”). The word is cognate with Danish tjern, Faroese tjørn (“pond”), Icelandic tjörn (“pond”), Norwegian Bokmål tjern (“small forest or mountain lake”) (Norwegian Nynorsk tjern, tjørn), Swedish tjärn (“small forest lake”).

cog

Thou Wind, that ravest without, / Bare craig, or mountain-tairn, or blasted tree, / Or pine-grove whither woodman never clomb, / Or lonely house, long held the witches' home, / Methinks were fitter instruments for thee, / Mad Lutanist! [footnote: Tairn is a small lake, generally if not always applied to the lakes up in the mountains, and which are the feeders of those in the valleys.[…]]

1802 October 4, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Dejection: An Ode”, in The Morning Post; republished in Henry Nelson Coleridge, editor, The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, volume I (Juvenile Poems; Sibylline Leaves), London: William Pickering, 1834, →OCLC, stanza VII, page 239

Tarns are found in some of the vales, and are numerous upon the mountains. A Tarn, in a Vale, implies, for the most part, that the bed of the vale is not happily formed; that the water of the brooks can neither wholly escape, nor diffuse itself over a large area. Accordingly, in such situtions, Tarns are often surrounded by an unsightly tract of boggy ground; but this is not always the case, […]

1853, [William] Wordsworth, [Adam] Sedgwick, “Description of the Scenery of the Lakes”, in John Hudson, editor, A Complete Guide to the Lakes, Comprising Minute Directions for the Tourist; with Mr. Wordsworth’s Description of the Scenery of the Country, etc.: And Five Letters on the Geology of the Lake District, by the Rev. Professor Sedgwick, 4th edition, Kendal, Cumbria: Published by John Hudson; London: Longman and Co., and Whittaker and Co.; Liverpool: Webb, Castle-St.; Manchester: Simms and Co., →OCLC, section first (View of the Country as Formed by Nature), page 125

In another story the remarkable mystery of the umbrella lost at the shores of a tarn and retrieved at the seaside is explained by the underground communication between the two.

1976, Linda Dégh, Andrew Vázsonyi, “Legend and Belief”, in Dan Ben-Amos, editor, Folklore Genres (Publications of the American Folklore Society, Bibliographical and Special Series; 26), Austin, Tex., London: University of Texas Press, part 2 (The Ethnography of Folklore Genres), page 114

(Northern England) A small mountain lake, especially in Northern England.

tjørn (tjenn, tjønn, unofficial spellings)

It [the caribou] makes a fine, bold study on the foreground of an evening scene among the mountain tarns of Northern Idaho, as it fulfils the ideal description of the stag given by [Walter] Scott and other writers.

1874 August 20, Mortimer Kerry, “Zoology of the Northwest: The Cervidæ”, in Charles Hallock, editor, Forest and Stream: A Weekly Journal of Field and Aquatic Sports, Practical Natural History, Fish Culture, Protection of Game, Preservation of Forests, and the Inculcation in Men and Women of a Healthy Interest in Out-door Recreation and Study, volume 3, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Published by Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 17 Chatham Street, published 1875, →OCLC, page 18, column 2

Have you ever been swimming in glacial water – water turned milky blue or deep maroon by minerals and deposits seized by the glacier as it ponderously made its way across a continent? You would have been high atop a mountain, maybe in the Canadian Rockies or in Montana, where glaciers, now in retreat, still press down on the earth's crust. And it would have been in the summer – late August perhaps – the sun warm and still and bright, making you feel as if a dip in this remote glacial tarn is just what your tired body needs at this point in your day.

2002, Jennifer Sinor, “Time, Days, and Page”, in The Extraordinary Work of Ordinary Writing: Annie Ray’s Diary, Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press, page 86

Off to either side of the road [Beartooth Highway], unforgettable mountain scenes arise beneath crisp mountain skies. Here is alpine country at its best, complete with lakes and tarns set amid truly rugged promontories.

2013, Gordon Sullivan, Cathie Sullivan, Photographing Montana: Where to Find Perfect Shots and How to Take Them, Woodstock, Vt.: The Countryman Press, page 39

(US, chiefly Montana) One of many small mountain lakes or ponds.


berm

From Dutch berm (“strip of roadside grass, verge”), probably via French berme, from Middle Dutch barm, baerm, barem (“verge, bank”), from Old Dutch *barm, from Proto-West Germanic *barm, from Proto-Germanic *barmaz (“edge, border, seam”). Related to English brim.

der

The big canals in Europe, in Holland, have a great big berm on the side of the canal several feet wide, which they leave there on purpose to plant reeds in, so as to get a reedy vegetation to protect their slope. Then, beyond that, there is an earthen slope that is grassed and sodded.

1910 February 23, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, Protection of Watersheds of Navigable Streams, page 139

A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.

(mining, Australia) One of the flat terraces on the slope of an open-pit mine.

A berm separates the Moroccan-controlled and Polisario-controlled parts of Western Sahara.

A long mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.

valli

mound or bank of earth used as a barrier or to provide insulation

(mining, US, Canada) A small wall along the edge of a bench of an open-pit mine, intended to prevent items falling over the crest.


penisola

it-noun

penisola f (plural penisole, diminutive penisolétta)

penisole (plural)
penisolétta (diminutive)

From Latin paenīnsula (“peninsula”), from paene (“almost”) + īnsula (“island”).


atoll

atollen (definite singular)
atoller (indefinite plural)
atollene (definite plural)

Borrowed from English atoll, from Portuguese atol, from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu).


atoll

atollen (definite singular)
atollar (indefinite plural)
atollane (definite plural)


org

oru (genitive)
orgu (partitive)
org (nominative singular)
orud (nominative plural)
org (accusative nominative singular)
orud (accusative nominative plural)
oru (accusative genitive singular)
orud (accusative genitive plural)
oru (genitive singular)
orgude (genitive plural)
orgu (partitive singular)
orge (partitive plural)
orgusid (partitive plural)
orgu (illative singular)
orusse (illative singular)
orgudesse (illative plural)
oresse (illative plural)
orus (inessive singular)
orgudes (inessive plural)
ores (inessive plural)
orust (elative singular)
orgudest (elative plural)
orest (elative plural)
orule (allative singular)
orgudele (allative plural)
orele (allative plural)
orul (adessive singular)
orgudel (adessive plural)
orel (adessive plural)
orult (ablative singular)
orgudelt (ablative plural)
orelt (ablative plural)
oruks (singular translative)
orgudeks (plural translative)
oreks (plural translative)
oruni (singular terminative)
orgudeni (plural terminative)
oruna (essive singular)
orgudena (essive plural)
oruta (abessive singular)
orgudeta (abessive plural)
oruga (comitative singular)
orgudega (comitative plural)

valley (an elongated concave area bounded on two sides by columns)


shore

From Middle English schore, from Old English *sċora (attested as sċor- in placenames), from Proto-Germanic *skurô (“rugged rock, cliff, high rocky shore”). Possibly related to Old English sċieran (“to cut”), which survives today as English shear.
Cognate with Middle Dutch scorre (“land washed by the sea”), Middle Low German schor (“shore, coast, headland”), Middle High German schorre ("rocky crag, high rocky shore"; > German Schorre, Schorren (“towering rock, crag”)), and Limburgish sjaor (“riverbank”). Maybe connected with Norwegian Bokmål skjær.

gloss

non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger

lake shore; bay shore; gulf shore; island shore; mainland shore; river shore; estuary shore; pond shore; sandy shore; rocky shore

Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.

The seamen were serving on shore instead of in ships.

The passengers signed up for shore tours.

(from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.


shore

en-verb

shore (third-person singular simple present shores, present participle shoring, simple past and past participle shored)

shores (present singular third-person)
shoring (participle present)
shored (participle past)
shored (past)

From Late Middle English shoren (“to prop, to support”) [and other forms], from Middle English shore (“a prop, a support”) (see etymology 2) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive form of verbs); compare Middle Dutch schooren (“to prop up, support”) and Middle Low German schore (“to shovel; to sweep”).

cog

If houses were present these could be used to conceal the mine opening. As the mine progressed the roof was shored with timbers.

1990, Christopher Gravett, Richard Hook, Medieval Siege Warfare, page 45

Sometimes it's easier to laminate the strips one at a time, shoring each in place only long enough for the epoxy to set.

1993, Jim Trefethen, Wooden Boat Renovation: New Life for Old Boats using Modern Methods, page 106

These are called shored exit wounds. They are characterized by a broad, irregular band of abrasion of the skin around the exit. In such wounds the skin is reinforced, or "shored," by a firm surface at the instant the bullet exits.

1999, Vincent J. M. Di Maio, Gunshot Wounds, page 94

It must provide the same degree of protection offered by a complete shoring system. Shoring Excavations Shallow trenches can be shored using wood sheet piling braced by stringers and rakers

1999, William P. Spence, Carpentry & Building Construction: A Do-It-Yourself Guide, page 14

Not followed by up: to provide (something) with support.

My family shored me up after I failed the GED.

The workers were shoring up the dock after part of it fell into the water.

... but his caravels were so much worm-eaten and shattered by storms that he could not reach that island, and was forced to run them on shore in a creek on the coast of Jamaica, where he shored them upright with spars

1811, Robert Kerr, A General History of Voyages and Travels to the End of the 18th Century, volume III, page 342

Usually followed by up: to reinforce (something at risk of failure).


shore

w:Webster's Dictionary#Webster's New International Dictionary 1909


shore

en-adv

shore (comparative more shore, superlative most shore)

more shore (comparative)
most shore (superlative)

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling


piscine

From Latin piscīna (“fishpond; swimming pool”), from piscis (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.


comal

coombe (u-shaped valley between mountains)


slough

en-verb

slough (third-person singular simple present sloughs, present participle sloughing, simple past and past participle sloughed)

sloughs (present singular third-person)
sloughing (participle present)
sloughed (participle past)
sloughed (past)

From Middle English slogh, slugh, slouh, from Proto-Germanic *sluk-, perhaps related to *sleupaną (“to slip, sneak”) (compare Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌽 (sliupan)).
Akin to Middle Low German slô (“sheath, skin on a hoof”). Perhaps also related with Old Saxon slūk (“snakeskin”), Middle High German slūch, whence German Schlauch (“waterskin, hose”).

cog

A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off.

The mud sloughed off her palms easily […]

2013, Casey Watson, Mummy’s Little Helper: The heartrending true story of a young girl

1944 United States. Bureau of Mines · War Minerals Report 386. Google books
The adit penetrated the vug ... and at this level ... it was filled with material that had ... sloughed off the walls.

An avalanche sloughing off a Utah mountainside killed a state Department of Transportation avalanche forecaster while he was surveying snow levels near a popular winter recreation area, authorities reported.

2013 April 13, Michael Mello, “Avalanche forecaster killed in Utah avalanche”, in Los Angeles Times

(intransitive) To slide off or flake off, as an outer layer, such as skin, might do.


gully

→ French: gollé

→ German: Gully

Origin uncertain. Possibly from a variant of Middle English golet (“esophagus, gullet”), from Old French goulet, from Latin gula (“throat”). Shift in meaning in Middle English to "water channel, ravine" may have been influenced by Middle English gylle, gille, galle (“deep narrow valley, ravine”); see gill.
Alternatively, from a diminutive of dialectal gull (“fissue, chasm”) + -y (diminutive suffix). See gull, gullick.

unc

uncertain

inh

A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.

дере

a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside

A new drainage run and rainwater gullies are to be installed between the station and Oxford Road, with completion planned for December 1.

2021 June 16, “Network News: Drainage work at Guiseley station”, in RAIL, number 933, page 19

(cricket) A fielding position on the off side about 30 degrees behind square, between the slips and point; a fielder in such a position


gully

en-verb

gully (third-person singular simple present gullies, present participle gullying, simple past and past participle gullied)

gullies (present singular third-person)
gullying (participle present)
gullied (participle past)
gullied (past)

unc

uncertain

(transitive) To wear away into a gully or gullies.


Ionian Sea

A sea in the central and east central part of the Mediterranean.


isola

third-person singular present indicative


stretto

it-adj

stretto (feminine stretta, masculine plural stretti, feminine plural strette, superlative strettissimo)

stretta (feminine)
stretti (masculine plural)
strette (feminine plural)
strettissimo (superlative)

From Latin strictus, perfect passive participle of stringō.


Columbia

From Columbus + -ia, the Latinized name of the European explorer, Christopher Columbus.

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A river in British Columbia, Canada and in Washington and Oregon, United States, flowing from the Canadian Rockies to the Pacific Ocean.


mor

morioù (plural)
mor (mutation singular unmutated)
vor (mutation mutation-soft singular)
morioù (mutation plural unmutated)
vorioù (mutation mutation-soft plural)

From Middle Breton and Old Breton mor, from Proto-Brythonic *mor, from Proto-Celtic *mori, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Mor-Bihan

small sea; Department in Brittany, meaning


knob

From Middle English knobbe, from Middle Low German knobbe (“knob; knot in wood”), probably via Old Saxon from a variant of Proto-Germanic *knappô (“knob, lump”), one of several kn- words related to *knuttô (“knot”).
Cognate with Dutch knob, knobbel (“knob”), German Knubbe, Knubbel (“knob”). See also knop.

բռնակ

rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch

Males voices, raised in anger, screamed at an unseen freshman. One voice demanded to know the rank on each jacket. “Hey, smack, what rank is this cadet uniform? Answer me, knob! Don’t you know, knob? What’s wrong, are you stupid, knob? For the first time since arriving at The Citadel, I fought to keep back tears. Exhausted from an hour of nonstop harassment, I was caught off guard by the sound of a boy sobbing behind me.

2002 September, Nancy Mace, Mary Jane Ross, In the Company of Men: A Woman at the Citadel, page 44

“You went to The Citadel?” her mother chimed in. “I’ve heard so many great things about that institution. Did you go through a plebe year?” I told her I did and that we called it the knob year because freshman cadets had to shave their heads bald to resemble the butt end of a door knob and keep it that way for an entire ten months while going through the process of being broken down, only to be built back up.

2018 October, Joe Crochet, My Winning Seasons: Discovering the Champion Within, page 3

Day 1 at the South Carolina Military Academy is filled with the academy’s trademarks - the Guidon, the five basic commands, and a knob haircut.

(slang, US) A freshman at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.


rev

revet (definite singular)
rev (indefinite plural)
reva (definite plural)
revene (definite plural)

a reef (ridge of rock or coral in the sea)


rev

revet (definite singular)
rev (indefinite plural)
reva (definite plural)


Lynn

A river in Ontario, flowing from the town of Simcoe into Lake Erie.


Vrbas

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English


gill

From Middle English gille, from Old Norse gil.


dingle

From Middle English dingle (“a deep hollow; dell”), from Old English *dyngel, a diminutive of Old English dung (“dungeon; pit”), equivalent to dung + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian Dongel (“hollow tooth, cavity”), English dimble (“a dingle, glen, retired place”).
Related to dungeon.

m+

Turning to the left and skirting this huge hedge Treebeard came in a few strides to a narrow entrance. Through it a worn path passed and dived suddenly down a long steep slope. The hobbits saw that they were descending into a great dingle, almost as round as a bowl, very wide and deep, crowned at the rim with the high dark evergreen hedge.

1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, “Chapter 4”, in The Two Towers, Book III

A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley.


smug

smużek (diminutive)
smug (nominative singular)
smugi (nominative plural)
smugu (genitive singular)
smugów (genitive plural)
smugowi (dative singular)
smugom (dative plural)
smug (accusative singular)
smugi (accusative plural)
smugiem (instrumental singular)
smugami (instrumental plural)
smugu (locative singular)
smugach (locative plural)
smugu (singular vocative)
smugi (plural vocative)

any meadow, especially one that is marshy


oz

oz (nominative singular)
ozy (nominative plural)
ozu (genitive singular)
ozów (genitive plural)
ozowi (dative singular)
ozom (dative plural)
oz (accusative singular)
ozy (accusative plural)
ozem (instrumental singular)
ozami (instrumental plural)
ozie (locative singular)
ozach (locative plural)
ozie (singular vocative)
ozy (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Swedish ås, from Old Norse áss, from Proto-Germanic *ansaz.


Москва

ru-proper noun+

Москва́ • (Moskvá) f inan (genitive Москвы́, relational adjective моско́вский)

Москва́ (canonical)
Moskvá (romanization)
Москвы́ (genitive)
моско́вский (adjective relational)
Москва́ (nominative singular)
Москвы́ (genitive singular)
Москве́ (dative singular)
Москву́ (accusative singular)
Москво́й (instrumental singular)
Москво́ю (instrumental singular)
Москве́ (prepositional singular)
Москва́ (dated nominative singular)
Москвы́ (dated genitive singular)
Москвѣ́ (dated dative singular)
Москву́ (accusative dated singular)
Москво́й (dated instrumental singular)
Москво́ю (dated instrumental singular)
Москвѣ́ (dated prepositional singular)

→ Armenian: Մոսկվա (Moskva)

→ Belarusian: Масква (Maskva)

→ Czech: Moskva

Czech: moskva (“rye bread”) (uncommon)

→ Dungan: Москва (Moskva)

→ Greek: Μόσχα (Móscha)

→ Hebrew: מוסקבה (moskvá)

→ Hungarian: Moszkva

→ Ingrian: Moskova

→ Italian: Mosca

→ Japanese: モスクワ (Mosukuwa)

→ Karaim: Москва (Moskva)

→ Korean: 모스크바 (moseukeuba)

→ Kyrgyz: Москва (Moskva)

→ Latvian: Maskava

→ Norwegian Bokmål: Moskva

→ Polish: Moskwa

→ Romanian: Moscova

→ Slovak: Moskva

→ Vietnamese: Mát-xcơ-va

→ Yiddish: מאָסקווע (moskve)

Inherited from Old East Slavic *Москꙑ (*Mosky), originally referring to the river, probably from Proto-Slavic *mosky of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Czech moskva (“raw bread”), Slovak mozga (“puddle”), Polish Mozgawa, and more distantly Lithuanian mazgóti (“to wash, rinse”), Sanskrit मज्जति (májjati, “to sink”), Latin mergō (“to dive”). Doublet of Моско́вия (Moskóvija).

inh+

Москва́ впада́ет в Оку́ у го́рода Коло́мна. ― Moskvá vpadájet v Okú u góroda Kolómna. ― The Moskva flows into the Oka River near the town of Kolomna.


Huang He

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 黃河／黄河 (Huáng Hé, literally “Yellow River”).

uder

Temüjin was about 66 years old. His hair and beard had long since turned white. He had come to lay siege to Ningxia (now called Yinchuan), the fortified capital of the Minyak empire of the Xixia, against whom he had been waging war for over a year, and he had retreated to the other side of the Yellow River (Huang He), not far from the Great Wall, on high ground, a place where he could find some refreshment, for he was already aware that it would not be long before he entered the realm of his brave ancestors.

1990, Michel Hoang, translated by Ingrid Cranfield, Genghis Khan, Saqi Books, page 20

Synonym of Yellow River: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.


Huang He

Yellow River, Huang He (a river in northern China)


Huang He

Yellow River (a river in northern China)


Yellow Sea

Calque from Chinese 黃海／黄海 (literally “yellow (color) sea”).

The extent of the great gulph called Whang Hay, or the Yellow Sea, being at preſent unknown, it may be left to the Commander’s diſcretion, to proceed up it as far as he may think proper: he muſt be cautious, however, not to entangle himſelf in it too far, left he ſhould not have ſufficient time left for the proſecution of the remainder of his voyage.

1784, James Cook, James King, Cook's Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, volume IV, London: John Stockdale, page 248

For centuries, travelers from Asia Minor, Europe and later America prized the carpets woven in Tientsin, a Yellow Sea port in North China.

1973 July 1, “Art of Tientsin rugs revived”, in Free China Weekly, volume XIV, number 25, Taipei, page 2

It was New Year's Eve, and the eighteen American officials who had hurriedly gathered in the State Department Operations Room on 31 December 1970, were still sharply divided after four hours of discussion.¹ The issue was what, if anything, the Seventh Fleet should do in the event of Chinese naval action against the U.S. seismic survey vessels then beginning to explore for oil in disputed waters of the East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, and the Yellow Sea.

1977, Selig S. Harrison, China, Oil and Asia: Conflict Ahead?, New York: Columbia University Press, page 1

The combined East China Sea and Yellow Sea (ECS/YS) covers roughly 1,250,000 km² and is one of the most developed continental shelf areas in the world (Yanagi and Takahashi, 1993). While the Yellow Sea (YS) covers a relatively large area, it is quite shallow reaching a maximum depth of about 140 m (Figure 1). The water depth over most of the area is less than 50 m.

1998, Akira Kuninaka, AIR-SEA INTERACTIONS AND WATER MASS STRUCTURE OF THE EAST CHINA SEA AND YELLOW SEA, Naval Postgraduate School, page 1

An arm of the Pacific Ocean between mainland China and the Korean peninsula.


knoll

From Middle English knol, knolle, from Old English cnoll (“summit”), from Proto-Germanic *knudan-, *knudla-, *knulla- (“lump”), possibly related to cnotta.
Related to Old Norse knollr (found only in names of places), Dutch knol (“tuber”), Swedish knöl (“tuber”), Danish knold (“hillock, clod, tuber”) and German Knolle (“bulb”).

In the northern hemisphere, June 21 has the most daylight hours. Pack a picnic—a chilled bottle of Sancerre, cheese, olives, and a nice baguette—and hit the grassy knoll.

2008 January–February, Matt Bean, “Your cultural calendar: 7 things to look forward to this year”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 135

Coordinate term: seamount

(oceanography) A rounded, underwater hill with a prominence of less than 1,000 metres, which does not breach the water's surface.


knoll

en-verb

knoll (third-person singular simple present knolls, present participle knolling, simple past and past participle knolled)

knolls (present singular third-person)
knolling (participle present)
knolled (participle past)
knolled (past)

(transitive) To ring (a bell) mournfully; to knell.


knoll

Named after Knoll, a furniture fabrication shop, famous for its angular range of designer furniture.

To arrange related objects in parallel or at 90 degree angles.


wad

nl-noun

wad n (plural wadden, diminutive wadje n)

wadden (plural)
wadje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch wat, from Old Dutch *wada, from Frankish *wad, from earlier wada (attested as Latinised acc. sg. vadam c. 108), from Proto-Germanic *wadą.


colline

Borrowed from Italian collina, from Late Latin collina, from Latin collinus.

Elle m’a dit d’aller siffler là-haut sur la colline.

She told me to go thither and whistle on the hill.


carr

From Old Norse kjarr. Compare Swedish kärr, Icelandic kjarr.

A marsh or fen on which low trees or bushes grow; a marshy woodland.


bocht

bocht f or m (plural bochten, diminutive bochtje n)

bochten (plural)
bochtje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: boktu

→ Papiamentu: bògt

→ Sranan Tongo: boktu

→ Aukan: bokutu

→ Caribbean Javanese: boktu

From Middle Dutch bocht, from Old Dutch *buht, from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz. Equivalent to buigen (“to bend, bow”) + -t (“verbal noun”).

suffix

a bight, broad curvature of a coastline, bay


Williams

en-proper noun

Williams (countable and uncountable, plural Williamses)

威廉姆斯

transliterations of the English surname "Williams"

A placename.
A place in the United States:
A river in Oregon.

A river in Vermont; named for Puritan minister John Williams.

A placename.
A place in the United States:
A river in West Virginia.

A placename.
A place in Australia.
A river in New South Wales.

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A river in Western Australia; probably named for William IV of the United Kingdom.


Franklin

en-prop

Franklin (countable and uncountable, plural Franklins)

From Middle English frankelein (“freeholder”), see franklin. The place names are mostly named after American statesman Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790).


mór

mós (genitive)
móar (plural)
mór (indefinite nominative singular)
mórinn (definite nominative singular)
móar (indefinite nominative plural)
móarnir (definite nominative plural)
mó (accusative indefinite singular)
móinn (accusative definite singular)
móa (accusative indefinite plural)
móana (accusative definite plural)
mó (dative indefinite singular)
mói (dative indefinite singular)
móinum (dative definite singular)
móm (dative indefinite plural)
mónum (dative definite plural)
mós (genitive indefinite singular)
mósins (definite genitive singular)
móa (genitive indefinite plural)
móanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

mór

Icelandic: mór

Norwegian Nynorsk: mo

Norwegian Bokmål: mo

Variant of mǫr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz.


ridge

From Middle English rigge, rygge, (also rig, ryg, rug), from Old English hryċġ (“back, spine, ridge, elevated surface”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrugi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz (“back”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krewk-, *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).
Cognate with Scots rig (“back, spine, ridge”), North Frisian reg (“back”), West Frisian rêch (“back”), Dutch rug (“back, ridge”), German Rücken (“back, ridge”), Swedish rygg (“back, spine, ridge”), Icelandic hryggur (“spine”). Cognate to Albanian kërrus (“to bend one's back”) and kurriz (“back”).

inh

(meteorology) An elongated region of high atmospheric pressure.


whirlpool

From earlier whirlpoole, whirlpole, apparently from Middle English *whirlpole, potentially coalescing Old English hwierfel (“whirlpool”) and Old English hwierfepōl (“whirlpool”). Equivalent to whirl + pool. Cognate with Scots quhirlepole, whirle-pule (“whirlpool”). Compare also English whirlpit.
Eclipsed non-native Middle English gurges (“whirlpool”), borrowed from Latin gurges (“whirlpool”).

The meatloaf has been cooking in the oven for the last hour and should be ready just about the time George climbs out of the whirlpool.

1995, Orange Coast Magazine, volume 21, number 6, page 56


Strait of Messina

The narrow section of water between the eastern tip of Sicily and the southern tip of mainland Italy.

مَضِيْق مِسِّينَة

narrow section of water between Sicily and mainland Italy


peninsula

en-noun

peninsula (plural peninsulas or peninsulae)

Borrowed from Latin paenīnsula, from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).

Man cancelling Lisa's inauguration as president: I sentence you to a lifetime of horror on Monster Island. Don't worry, it's just a name.
[Lisa and others are chased by fire-breathing monsters]
Lisa: He said it was just a name!
Man being chased by monsters: What he meant is that Monster Island is actually a peninsula.

1994 November 13, Mike Scully, “Lisa on Ice”, in The Simpsons, season 6, episode 8, production code 6F18

(geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.


Roy

en-proper noun

Roy (countable and uncountable, plural Roys)

→ French: Roy

→ Norwegian: Roy

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: Roy

→ Norwegian Bokmål: Roy

→ Swedish: Roy

From various sources:
* Anglo-Norman roy (“king”) a variant of Old French roi, from Latin rēx, rēgem from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of Rey.
* Scottish Gaelic ruadh (“red, red-haired”) from Old Irish rúad, from Proto-Celtic *roudos from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.
* Anglicisation of Bengali রায় (raẏ, surname).

der

A river and glen (see Glen Roy) in Highland council area, Scotland, United Kingdom


Allen

en-proper noun

Allen (countable and uncountable, plural Allens)

Wimborne Minster
Wimborne Minster#English

A river in Dorset, which joins the (Dorset) Stour at Wimborne Minster.

A river in Northumberland, which joins the South Tyne.

A river in north Cornwall, which joins the River Camel near Sladesbridge.

A minor river in south-west Cornwall, which forms the Truro River at Truro.


Vistula

/ˈvɪst͡ʃʊlə/

The longest river in Poland, which flows into the Baltic Sea.


Vistula

la-proper noun

Vistula f sg (genitive Vistulae); first declension

Vistulae (genitive)
Vistula (nominative singular)
Vistulae (genitive singular)
Vistulae (dative singular)
Vistulam (accusative singular)
Vistulā (ablative singular)
Vistula (singular vocative)

In the form Visula and Visla at least sometimes directly acquired from Proto-Slavic *Visъla. The form Viscla resolves the /sl/ cluster like in Sclavus, uncommon in Latin, and in Germanic, via which it has sometimes been acquired.
Often explained as from the Proto-Indo-European root *weys- (“to flow”) as in Proto-Germanic *waisǭ (“mire”), although if of Slavic origin then *visěti (“to hang”) would afford a readier stem, suffixed + *-lo + *-a or + *-sla, for which ever reason they would have called it the “hanging river” or “saggy stream”.

Sclavini a Civitate Novidunensi (Mss. : Civitate Nova et Sclavino Rumunensi), et lacu qui appellatur Mursianus (var. : Musianus, Murianus), usque ad Danastrum, et in Boream Viscla tenus commorantur: hi paludes silvasque pro civitatibus habent.

551, Jordanes, De origine actibusque Getarum, section V

The Slavs abide from Noviodunum ad Istrum now known as Isákča and the Mursa lake to the Dniester, and farther north up to the Vistula: here they have the swamps and forests for municipalities.


altiplano

(geography) plateau (level expanse of land at a high elevation)


altiplano

La Mancha es un altiplano.


pill

* From Middle English pille (also pillem), a borrowing from Middle Low German pille or Middle Dutch pille (whence Dutch pil), probably from Latin pila, pilula.
* (persuade or convince): Generalized from red pill.

One sleeve, threadbare and loaded with what my mother called “sweater pills,” hung halfway to the floor.

1999, Wally Lamb, I Know This Much Is True

(textile) A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing. Colloquially known as a bobble, fuzzball, or lint ball.


Miami

Miami
Miami (disambiguation)
en:Lake Okeechobee
en:Mayaimi
en:Miami River (Florida)

From Mayaimi, one of only ten words recorded from the language of the now-extinct Mayaimi people, meaning "big water", referring to the large lake on whose shores they lived, alternately called Lake Miami, Lake Mayimi, Lake Maymi, Lake Maimi; now called Lake Okeechobee. The Florida city is named for the Miami River. The river is named for its source, Lake Miami.

Ellipsis of Lake Miami.; Former name of Lake Okeechobee.; A lake in Florida, the source of the Miami River.

Lake Miami

Miami-Dade County
Miami-Dade County#English

Ellipsis of Miami River.; A river in Miami-Dade County, Florida, a river flowing past the city of Miami, Dade.


lodo

lodo (nominative singular)
lodod (nominative plural)
lodon (accusative singular)
lodod (accusative plural)
lodon (genitive singular)
lodoiden (genitive plural)
lodod (partitive singular)
lodoid (partitive plural)
lodon (essive-instructive singular)
lodoin (essive-instructive plural)
lodoks (singular translative)
lodoikš (plural translative)
lodos (inessive singular)
lodoiš (inessive plural)
lodospäi (elative singular)
lodoišpäi (elative plural)
lodoho (illative singular)
lodoihe (illative plural)
lodol (adessive singular)
lodoil (adessive plural)
lodolpäi (ablative singular)
lodoilpäi (ablative plural)
lodole (allative singular)
lodoile (allative plural)
lodota (abessive singular)
lodoita (abessive plural)
lodonke (comitative singular)
lodoidenke (comitative plural)
lododme (prolative singular)
lodoidme (plural prolative)
lodonno (approximative approximative-i singular)
lodoidenno (approximative approximative-i plural)
lodonnoks (approximative approximative-ii singular)
lodoidennoks (approximative approximative-ii plural)
lodonnopäi (egressive singular)
lodoidennopäi (egressive plural)
lodohosai (singular terminative terminative-i)
lodoihesai (plural terminative terminative-i)
lodolesai (singular terminative terminative-ii)
lodoilesai (plural terminative terminative-ii)
lodossai (singular terminative terminative-iii)
lodohopäi (additive additive-i singular)
lodoihepäi (additive additive-i plural)
lodolepäi (additive additive-ii singular)
lodoilepäi (additive additive-ii plural)


defile

en-verb

defile (third-person singular simple present defiles, present participle defiling, simple past and past participle defiled)

defiles (present singular third-person)
defiling (participle present)
defiled (participle past)
defiled (past)

From Late Middle English defilen (“to make dirty, befoul; to contaminate (the body or an organ) with dirt or disease; to pollute morally or spiritually; to desecrate, profane; to violate (the sanctity of marriage, an agreement or oath, etc.); to rape; to slander; to abuse; to destroy; to injure; to treat unfairly, oppress”) [and other forms], a variant of defoulen (“to make dirty, defile, pollute; to contaminate (the body or an organ) with dirt or disease; to pollute morally or spiritually; to desecrate, profane; to violate (the sanctity of marriage, an agreement or oath, etc.); to have sexual intercourse with; to rape; etc.”) (compare also defoilen). Defoulen is derived from Old French defouler (“to trample; to oppress; to outrage; to pollute; to violate”), from de- (prefix indicating actions are done more strongly or vigorously) + fouler (“to trample, tread on; to mistreat, oppress”), foler (“to destroy; to mistreat”) (from Vulgar Latin fullare (“to full (make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating, and pressing)”), from Latin fullō (“person who fulls cloth, fuller”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to blow; to inflate, swell; to bloom, flower”) or Etruscan 𐌘𐌖𐌋𐌖 (φulu)). The English word is analysable as de- (intensifying prefix) + file (“(archaic) to corrupt; to defile”).
The Middle English word defilen was probably formed from defoulen on the analogy of befilen (“to make dirty, befoul; to corrupt; to violate one's chastity; to desecrate; to slander”) and befoulen (“to make dirty, befoul; to violate one's chastity; to vilify”), respectively from filen (“to make foul, impure, or unclean, pollute; to pollute morally or spiritually; to desecrate, profane; to have sexual intercourse with; to rape; etc.”) and foulen (“to make dirty, pollute; to become dirty; to defecate; to deface or deform; to pollute morally or spiritually; to damage, injure; to destroy; to treat unfairly, oppress; to tread on, trample”). Filen and foulen are respectively from Old English fȳlan (“to befoul, defile, pollute”) and fūlian (“to foul”), both from Proto-West Germanic *fūlijan (“to make dirty, befoul”), from Proto-Germanic *fūlijaną (“to make dirty, befoul”), from *fūlaz (“dirty, foul; rotten”), from Proto-Indo-European *puH- (“foul; rotten”).
cognates
* Dutch bevuilen (“to defile, soil”)

cog

To cause uncleanliness; specifically, to pass feces; to defecate.


gulf

From Middle English gulf, goulf, golf, from Old French golf, from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colfos, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, gulf”), of obscure origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve, arch”).

der

A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.

That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.

the Gulf of Mexico    the Persian Gulf

(geography) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea


brig

brȋg (canonical masculine)
бри̑г (Cyrillic)
brig (nominative singular)
brigovi (nominative plural)
briga (genitive singular)
brigova (genitive plural)
brigu (dative singular)
brigovima (dative plural)
brig (accusative singular)
brigove (accusative plural)
briže (singular vocative)
brigovi (plural vocative)
brigu (locative singular)
brigovima (locative plural)
brigom (instrumental singular)
brigovima (instrumental plural)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bergъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bérgas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos, from *bʰerǵʰ-.


campo

desctree

Spanish: campo
→ English: camp; campo
→ Ye'kwana: kamju

é aduxom al cãpo é era pleno de hueſſos e fizom trocir ſobrellos aderedor é eran muchos ſobre fazeſ del cãpo e eran ſecos muchoſ

c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 63v

And He lead me to the field, and it was full of bones, and He made me pass over them all around. And there were many on the surface of the field, and they were very dry.


glas

head

glas f (genitive singular glaise, nominative plural glasa)

glaise (genitive singular)
glasa (nominative plural)
glas (indefinite nominative singular)
glasa (indefinite nominative plural)
a ghlas (indefinite singular vocative)
a ghlasa (indefinite plural vocative)
glaise (genitive indefinite singular)
glas (genitive indefinite plural)
glas (dative indefinite singular)
glasa (dative indefinite plural)
an ghlas (definite nominative singular)
na glasa (definite nominative plural)
na glaise (definite genitive singular)
na nglas (definite genitive plural)
leis an nglas (dative definite singular)
don ghlas (dative definite singular)
leis na glasa (dative definite plural)
glas (mutation mutation-radical)
ghlas (lenition mutation)
nglas (eclipsis mutation)

Distinguishing blue from green in language#Celtic


plage

→ Albanian: plazh

→ Antillean Creole: plaj

→ Belarusian: пляж (pljaž)

→ Bulgarian: плаж (plaž)

→ Czech: pláž

→ English: plage

→ Greek: πλαζ (plaz)

→ Luxembourgish: Plage

→ Macedonian: плажа (plaža)

→ Ottoman Turkish:

Turkish: plaj

→ Persian: پلاژ (pelâž)

→ Polish: plaża

→ Romanian: plajă

desctree

→ Russian: пляж (pljaž)
→ Armenian: պլյաժ (plyaž)
→ Avar: пляж (pljaž)
→ Georgian: პლაჟი (ṗlaži), პლიაჟი (ṗliaži) — nonstandard
→ Tajik: пляж (plyaž)
→ Turkmen: plýaž
→ Uzbek: plyaj

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: плажа

Latin script: plaža

→ Slovak: pláž

→ Slovene: plaža

→ Ukrainian: пляж (pljaž)

→ Yiddish: פּלאַזשע (plazhe)

From Middle French plage (ca. 1300), borrowed from Medieval Latin plagia, in part after Italian piaggia (modern spiaggia). See the Latin for further cognates.


Detroit

Borrowed from English Detroit, from French Détroit, from détroit.

A river in Michigan, United States and Ontario, Canada


Margaret

en-proper noun

Margaret (countable and uncountable, plural Margarets)

From the name of a legendary third century saint, from Middle English Margaret, from Old French Margaret (French Marguerite), from Latin Margarita, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”), ultimately from an Indo-Iranian source.
The same source, through folk etymology, has produced Old English meregrot (“pearl”, literally “stone or pebble of the sea”), related to Old Saxon merigrita, merigriota (“pearl”), Old High German merigrioz, equivalent to mer- + groat.

cog

A river in southwestern Western Australia, presumed named for a cousin of John Garrett Bussell, founder of Busselton.

A river in Kimberley, Western Australia, named for its European discoverer's sister-in-law.


Gülle

From Middle High German gülle (“puddle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *guljō, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeyh₁- (“to gape, yawn”), whence Proto-Germanic *gīnaną. Cognate with German Gülle (“liquid manure”), Cimbrian gülla (“vomit”), also Middle Low German gōle (“swamp”), Swedish göl (“puddle”), dialectal Norwegian gyl (“cleft”), and Finnish kulju (“quagmire”) (which was borrowed from North Germanic).


Hastings

The placename in England is derived from the Old English tribal name Hæstingas (“Hæsta's people, the family/followers of Hæsta”), which was later transferred to their settlement.
The family name has two possible sources:
* from the place name
* a patronymic surname derived from the Anglo-Norman personal name Hasten(c), Hastang
The later place names in other countries are named either after people with that family name, or after the town of Hastings in England.

The Hastings River, a river in New South Wales, Australia, which flows into the Tasman Sea at Port Macquarie. Named after Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings.


Brit

1901, either a shortening of Britisher or Briton, or a back-formation from British.

The River Brit, a short river in Dorset, England, which flows through Bridport to the sea at West Bay.


тундра

bg-noun

ту́ндра • (túndra) f

ту́ндра (canonical)
túndra (romanization)
ту́ндра (indefinite singular)
ту́ндри (indefinite plural)
ту́ндрата (definite singular)
ту́ндрите (definite plural)

Of Sami origin, via Russian ту́ндра (túndra).


ghiacciaio

Calque of French glacier as ghiaccio + -aio.


valle

first/third-person singular present subjunctive


Ness

en-proper noun

Ness (countable and uncountable, plural Nesses)

Named after the River Ness, of Celtic/Pictish origin, from a Proto-Celtic word *Nesta describing great currents, according to MacBain, from the same Proto-Indo-European root that gave the river Νέστος (Néstos), possibly *ned- (“water”).

Ellipsis of River Ness, a short river in Highland council area, Scotland, which flows from Loch Ness through Inverness to the Beauly Firth.


Mehran

From Persian مهران (mehrân), from Middle Persian mtrʾn (mihrān). Related to Persian مهر (mehr) and Mithra.


Cheyenne

Borrowed from French Cheyenne, from Dakota šahíyena, from Dakota šaia, 'to speak incoherently', from Dakota ša, 'red' and Dakota ya, 'to speak'.

A river in the United States; flowing 295 miles from the confluence of the Antelope and Dry Fork creeks in Thunder Basin National Grassland, Wyoming into Lake Oahe, a reservoir of the Missouri River, at Mission Ridge, South Dakota.


Indus

Borrowed from Latin Indus, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /hiⁿduš/), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬛𐬎 (hiṇdu)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš or borrowed from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu) (whence Sindh).

Floods in the river Sutlej – which originates in Tibet and crosses India before merging into the Indus river – has completely cut off several villages and areas in Pakistan, submerging hundreds of hectares of farmland.

2023 August 29, “Pakistan raises flood alert in eastern region as over 128,000 evacuated”, in EFE, archived from the original on 2024-04-24

A major river in China, India and Pakistan, rising in Tibet and flowing into the Arabian Sea.


Indus

cs-proper noun

Indus m inan (related adjective induský)

induský (adjective)
Indus (nominative singular)
Indu (genitive singular)
Indu (dative singular)
Indus (accusative singular)
Inde (singular vocative)
Indu (locative singular)
Indem (instrumental singular)


Indus

Indus (nominative singular)
Indust (accusative singular)
Indusnak (dative singular)
Indussal (instrumental singular)
Indusért (causal-final singular)
Indussá (singular translative)
Indusig (singular terminative)
Indusként (essive-formal singular)
Indusban (inessive singular)
Induson (singular superessive)
Indusnál (adessive singular)
Indusba (illative singular)
Indusra (singular sublative)
Indushoz (allative singular)
Indusból (elative singular)
Indusról (delative singular)
Industól (ablative singular)
Indusé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Induséi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Indusom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
Indusaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
Indusod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Indusaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Indusa (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Indusai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Indusunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
Indusaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
Indusotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Indusaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Indusuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Indusaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

Indus (a large river in south-central Asia)


Indus

la-proper noun

Indus m sg (genitive Indī); second declension

Indī (genitive)
Indus (nominative singular)
Indī (genitive singular)
Indō (dative singular)
Indum (accusative singular)
Indō (ablative singular)
Inde (singular vocative)


com

Borrowed from Gaulish *kumbos (“curved”). Related to *kumbā (“valley”).

bor+

(geography) a steep-sided glacial valley with a level floor


ты

ty (romanization)
ты (nominative singular)
тыяс (nominative plural)
ты (accusative accusative-i singular)
тыяс (accusative accusative-i plural)
тыӧс (accusative accusative-ii singular)
тыясӧс (accusative accusative-ii plural)
тыӧн (instrumental singular)
тыясӧн (instrumental plural)
тыкӧд (comitative singular)
тыяскӧд (comitative plural)
тытӧг (caritive singular)
тыястӧг (caritive plural)
тыла (consecutive singular)
тыясла (consecutive plural)
тылӧн (genitive singular)
тыяслӧн (genitive plural)
тылысь (ablative singular)
тыяслысь (ablative plural)
тылы (dative singular)
тыяслы (dative plural)
тыын (inessive singular)
тыясын (inessive plural)
тыысь (elative singular)
тыясысь (elative plural)
тыӧ (illative singular)
тыясӧ (illative plural)
тысянь (egressive singular)
тыяссянь (egressive plural)
тылань (approximative singular)
тыяслань (approximative plural)
тыӧдз (singular terminative)
тыясӧдз (plural terminative)
тыӧд (prolative prolative-i singular)
тыясӧд (plural prolative prolative-i)
тыті (prolative prolative-ii singular)
тыясті (plural prolative prolative-ii)
тыӧй (nominative singular)
тыясӧй (nominative plural)
тыӧй (accusative accusative-i singular)
тыясӧй (accusative accusative-i plural)
тыӧс (accusative accusative-ii singular)
тыясӧс (accusative accusative-ii plural)
тынам (instrumental singular)
тыяснам (instrumental plural)
тыӧйкӧд (comitative singular)
тыясӧйкӧд (comitative plural)
тытӧгым (caritive singular)
тыястӧгым (caritive plural)
тыӧйла (consecutive singular)
тыясӧйла (consecutive plural)
тыӧйлӧн (genitive singular)
тыясӧйлӧн (genitive plural)
тыӧйлысь (ablative singular)
тыясӧйлысь (ablative plural)
тыӧйлы (dative singular)
тыясӧйлы (dative plural)
тыам (inessive singular)
тыясам (inessive plural)
тысьым (elative singular)
тыяссьым (elative plural)
тыам (illative singular)
тыясам (illative plural)
тысяньым (egressive singular)
тыяссяньым (egressive plural)
тыланьым (approximative singular)
тыясланьым (approximative plural)
тыӧдзым (singular terminative)
тыясӧдзым (plural terminative)
тыӧдым (prolative prolative-i singular)
тыясӧдым (plural prolative prolative-i)
тытіым (prolative prolative-ii singular)
тыястіым (plural prolative prolative-ii)
тыыд (nominative singular)
тыясыд (nominative plural)
тыыд (accusative accusative-i singular)
тыясыд (accusative accusative-i plural)
тытӧ (accusative accusative-ii singular)
тыястӧ (accusative accusative-ii plural)
тынад (instrumental singular)
тыяснад (instrumental plural)
тыыдкӧд (comitative singular)
тыясыдкӧд (comitative plural)
тытӧгыд (caritive singular)
тыястӧгыд (caritive plural)
тыыдла (consecutive singular)
тыясыдла (consecutive plural)
тыыдлӧн (genitive singular)
тыясыдлӧн (genitive plural)
тыыдлысь (ablative singular)
тыясыдлысь (ablative plural)
тыыдлы (dative singular)
тыясыдлы (dative plural)
тыад (inessive singular)
тыясад (inessive plural)
тысьыд (elative singular)
тыяссьыд (elative plural)
тыад (illative singular)
тыясад (illative plural)
тысяньыд (egressive singular)
тыяссяньыд (egressive plural)
тыланьыд (approximative singular)
тыясланьыд (approximative plural)
тыӧдзыд (singular terminative)
тыясӧдзыд (plural terminative)
тыӧдыд (prolative prolative-i singular)
тыясӧдыд (plural prolative prolative-i)
тытіыд (prolative prolative-ii singular)
тыястіыд (plural prolative prolative-ii)
тыыс (nominative singular)
тыясыс (nominative plural)
тыыс (accusative accusative-i singular)
тыясыс (accusative accusative-i plural)
тысӧ (accusative accusative-ii singular)
тыяссӧ (accusative accusative-ii plural)
тынас (instrumental singular)
тыяснас (instrumental plural)
тыыскӧд (comitative singular)
тыясыскӧд (comitative plural)
тытӧгыс (caritive singular)
тыястӧгыс (caritive plural)
тыысла (consecutive singular)
тыясысла (consecutive plural)
тыыслӧн (genitive singular)
тыясыслӧн (genitive plural)
тыыслысь (ablative singular)
тыясыслысь (ablative plural)
тыыслы (dative singular)
тыясыслы (dative plural)
тыас (inessive singular)
тыясас (inessive plural)
тысьыс (elative singular)
тыяссьыс (elative plural)
тыас (illative singular)
тыясас (illative plural)
тысяньыс (egressive singular)
тыяссяньыс (egressive plural)
тыланьыс (approximative singular)
тыясланьыс (approximative plural)
тыӧдзыс (singular terminative)
тыясӧдзыс (plural terminative)
тыӧдыс (prolative prolative-i singular)
тыясӧдыс (plural prolative prolative-i)
тытіыс (prolative prolative-ii singular)
тыястіыс (plural prolative prolative-ii)
тыным (nominative singular)
тыясным (nominative plural)
тыным (accusative accusative-i singular)
тыясным (accusative accusative-i plural)
тынымӧ (accusative accusative-ii singular)
тыяснымӧ (accusative accusative-ii plural)
тынаным (instrumental singular)
тыяснаным (instrumental plural)
тынымкӧд (comitative singular)
тыяснымкӧд (comitative plural)
тытӧгным (caritive singular)
тыястӧгным (caritive plural)
тынымла (consecutive singular)
тыяснымла (consecutive plural)
тынымлӧн (genitive singular)
тыяснымлӧн (genitive plural)
тынымлысь (ablative singular)
тыяснымлысь (ablative plural)
тынымлы (dative singular)
тыяснымлы (dative plural)
тыаным (inessive singular)
тыясаным (inessive plural)
тысьыным (elative singular)
тыяссьыным (elative plural)
тыаным (illative singular)
тыясаным (illative plural)
тысяньным (egressive singular)
тыяссяньным (egressive plural)
тыланьным (approximative singular)
тыясланьным (approximative plural)
тыӧдзным (singular terminative)
тыясӧдзным (plural terminative)
тыӧдным (prolative prolative-i singular)
тыясӧдным (plural prolative prolative-i)
тытіным (prolative prolative-ii singular)
тыястіным (plural prolative prolative-ii)
тыныд (nominative singular)
тыясныд (nominative plural)
тыныд (accusative accusative-i singular)
тыясныд (accusative accusative-i plural)
тынытӧ (accusative accusative-ii singular)
тыяснытӧ (accusative accusative-ii plural)
тынаныд (instrumental singular)
тыяснаныд (instrumental plural)
тыныдкӧд (comitative singular)
тыясныдкӧд (comitative plural)
тытӧгныд (caritive singular)
тыястӧгныд (caritive plural)
тыныдла (consecutive singular)
тыясныдла (consecutive plural)
тыныдлӧн (genitive singular)
тыясныдлӧн (genitive plural)
тыныдлысь (ablative singular)
тыясныдлысь (ablative plural)
тыныдлы (dative singular)
тыясныдлы (dative plural)
тыаныд (inessive singular)
тыясаныд (inessive plural)
тысьыныд (elative singular)
тыяссьыныд (elative plural)
тыаныд (illative singular)
тыясаныд (illative plural)
тысяньныд (egressive singular)
тыяссяньныд (egressive plural)
тыланьныд (approximative singular)
тыясланьныд (approximative plural)
тыӧдзныд (singular terminative)
тыясӧдзныд (plural terminative)
тыӧдныд (prolative prolative-i singular)
тыясӧдныд (plural prolative prolative-i)
тытіныд (prolative prolative-ii singular)
тыястіныд (plural prolative prolative-ii)
тыныс (nominative singular)
тыясныс (nominative plural)
тыныс (accusative accusative-i singular)
тыясныс (accusative accusative-i plural)
тынысӧ (accusative accusative-ii singular)
тыяснысӧ (accusative accusative-ii plural)
тынаныс (instrumental singular)
тыяснаныс (instrumental plural)
тынымкӧс (comitative singular)
тыяснымкӧс (comitative plural)
тытӧгныс (caritive singular)
тыястӧгныс (caritive plural)
тынысла (consecutive singular)
тыяснысла (consecutive plural)
тыныслӧн (genitive singular)
тыясныслӧн (genitive plural)
тыныслысь (ablative singular)
тыясныслысь (ablative plural)
тыныслы (dative singular)
тыясныслы (dative plural)
тыаныс (inessive singular)
тыясаныс (inessive plural)
тысьыныс (elative singular)
тыяссьыныс (elative plural)
тыаныс (illative singular)
тыясаныс (illative plural)
тысяньныс (egressive singular)
тыяссяньныс (egressive plural)
тыланьныс (approximative singular)
тыясланьныс (approximative plural)
тыӧдзныс (singular terminative)
тыясӧдзныс (plural terminative)
тыӧдныс (prolative prolative-i singular)
тыясӧдныс (plural prolative prolative-i)
тытіныс (prolative prolative-ii singular)
тыястіныс (plural prolative prolative-ii)

From Proto-Permic *tu̇, from Proto-Uralic *towe. Cognates include Hungarian tó and Tundra Nenets то (to).


danau

id-noun

danau (first-person possessive danauku, second-person possessive danaumu, third-person possessive danaunya)

danauku (first-person possessive)
danaumu (possessive second-person)
danaunya (possessive third-person)

From Malay danau, from Classical Malay danau, from Proto-Malayic *danaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *danaw, from Proto-Austronesian *danaw (“lake”).

A large, landlocked stretch of water; lake.


danau

ms-noun

danau (Jawi spelling داناو, plural danau-danau, informal 1st possessive danauku, 2nd possessive danaumu, 3rd possessive danaunya)

داناو (Jawi)
danau-danau (plural)
danauku (first-person informal possessive)
danaumu (possessive second-person)
danaunya (possessive third-person)

Indonesian: danau

From Proto-Malayic *danaw (compare Indonesian danau), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *danaw, from Proto-Austronesian *danaw (“lake”).


bis

Trésor de la langue française informatisé

From Middle High German wise, from Old High German wisa, further etymology unknown, perhaps related with Proto-Germanic *wasô, from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to increase”). Cognate with German Wiese.


tol

From Middle High German tal, from Old High German tal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą. Cognate with German Tal, English dale.


vaga

vagà (canonical feminine stress-pattern-4)
vagà (nominative singular)
vãgos (nominative plural)
vagõs (genitive singular)
vagų̃ (genitive plural)
vãgai (dative singular)
vagóms (dative plural)
vãgą (accusative singular)
vagàs (accusative plural)
vagà (instrumental singular)
vagomìs (instrumental plural)
vagojè (locative singular)
vagosè (locative plural)
vãga (singular vocative)
vãgos (plural vocative)

Cognate with Latvian vaga (“chunk of dirt”), Old Prussian wagnis (“ploughshare”).


chasm

General American, uncommon, spelling pronunciation

From Latin chasma, from Ancient Greek χάσμα (khásma, “abyss, cleft”).

chasma

long, narrow, steep-sided depression on a body in the solar system

Chelsea may not have regarded themselves as title rivals to City over the whole season but this was a harrowing illustration of the current chasm between the two sides and made for disturbing viewing for the Italian.

2019 February 10, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 6-0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport

(by extension) A large difference of opinion.


Čad

cs-proper noun

Čad m inan (related adjective čadský, demonym Čaďan)

čadský (adjective)
Čaďan (demonym)
Čad (nominative singular)
Čadu (genitive singular)
Čadu (dative singular)
Čad (accusative singular)
Čade (singular vocative)
Čadu (locative singular)
Čadem (instrumental singular)

Chad (a freshwater lake at the junction of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon in Central Africa)


paranã

Nheengatu: paraná

→ Portuguese: Paraná

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *paranã.

inh+

paranãngûá


Босна

bg-proper noun

Бо́сна • (Bósna) f (relational adjective бо́сненски)

Бо́сна (canonical)
Bósna (romanization)
бо́сненски (adjective relational)
Бо́сна (indefinite singular)
Бо́сно (singular vocative)

bg:Босна (област)

Bosna (a major river in Bosnia and Herzegovina)


Босна

mk-proper noun

Босна • (Bosna) f (relational adjective босански)

Bosna (romanization)
босански (adjective relational)


Босна

Бо̏сна (canonical feminine)
Bȍsna (romanization)
Босна (nominative singular)
Босне (genitive singular)
Босни (dative singular)
Босну (accusative singular)
Босно (singular vocative)
Босни (locative singular)
Босном (instrumental singular)


Конго

ru-proper noun

конголе́зский

Ко́нго • (Kóngo) f inan (indeclinable, relational adjective конголе́зский, demonym конголе́зец, female demonym конголе́зка)

Ко́нго (canonical)
Kóngo (romanization)
конголе́зский (adjective relational)
конголе́зец (demonym)
конголе́зка (demonym feminine)

Congo (a large river in Africa, which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of Congo)


Конго

Ко̏нго (canonical masculine)
Kȍngo (romanization)
Конго (nominative singular)
Конга (genitive singular)
Конгу (dative singular)
Конго (accusative singular)
Конго (singular vocative)
Конгу (locative singular)
Конгом (instrumental singular)


Конго

uk-proper noun

конголе́зький

Ко́нго • (Kónho) n inan (indeclinable, relational adjective конголе́зький)

Ко́нго (canonical)
Kónho (romanization)
конголе́зький (adjective relational)


Bosna

At the far end, they would be greeted by the green sun-dappled waters of the Bosna as they gurgled up in streams and pools dotted with islands.

2022, Priscilla Morris, Black Butterflies, Duckworth, page 70

Bosna (a major river in Bosnia and Herzegovina).


Bosna

Bȍsna (canonical feminine)
Бо̏сна (Cyrillic)
Bȍsna (nominative singular)
Bosne (genitive singular)
Bosni (dative singular)
Bosnu (accusative singular)
Bosno (singular vocative)
Bosni (locative singular)
Bosnom (instrumental singular)

According to philologist Anton Mayer the name Bosna could essentially be derived from Illyrian Bass-an-as(-ā) which would be derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵ-, meaning "the running water".


Bosna

Bọ̑sna (canonical feminine)
please help by adding the tonal marks.
Bósna (nominative singular)
Bósne (genitive singular)
Bósni (dative singular)
Bósno (accusative singular)
Bósni (locative singular)
Bósno (instrumental singular)


dolina

dolinka (diminutive)
dolina (nominative singular)
doliny (nominative plural)
doliny (genitive singular)
dolin (genitive plural)
dolině (dative singular)
dolinám (dative plural)
dolinu (accusative singular)
doliny (accusative plural)
dolino (singular vocative)
doliny (plural vocative)
dolině (locative singular)
dolinách (locative plural)
dolinou (instrumental singular)
dolinami (instrumental plural)


dolina

dolinka (diminutive)
dolina (nominative singular)
doliny (nominative plural)
doliny (genitive singular)
dolin (genitive plural)
dolinie (dative singular)
dolinom (dative plural)
dolinę (accusative singular)
doliny (accusative plural)
doliną (instrumental singular)
dolinami (instrumental plural)
dolinie (locative singular)
dolinach (locative plural)
dolino (singular vocative)
doliny (plural vocative)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dolina. By surface analysis, dół + -ina.


dolina

dolìna (canonical feminine)
долѝна (Cyrillic)
dolìna (nominative singular)
doline (nominative plural)
doline (genitive singular)
dolínā (genitive plural)
dolini (dative singular)
dolinama (dative plural)
dolinu (accusative singular)
doline (accusative plural)
dolino (singular vocative)
doline (plural vocative)
dolini (locative singular)
dolinama (locative plural)
dolinom (instrumental singular)
dolinama (instrumental plural)

→ Romanian: dolină


dolina

dolína (canonical feminine)
please help by adding the tonal marks.
dolína (nominative singular)
dolíni (dual nominative)
dolíne (nominative plural)
dolíne (genitive singular)
dolín (dual genitive)
dolín (genitive plural)
dolíni (dative singular)
dolínama (dative dual)
dolínam (dative plural)
dolíno (accusative singular)
dolíni (accusative dual)
dolíne (accusative plural)
dolíni (locative singular)
dolínah (dual locative)
dolínah (locative plural)
dolíno (instrumental singular)
dolínama (dual instrumental)
dolínami (instrumental plural)

valley (elongated depression between hills or mountains)


morena

a moray eel, especially the Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena)


morena

morena (nominative singular)
moreny (nominative plural)
moreny (genitive singular)
moren (genitive plural)
morenie (dative singular)
morenom (dative plural)
morenę (accusative singular)
moreny (accusative plural)
moreną (instrumental singular)
morenami (instrumental plural)
morenie (locative singular)
morenach (locative plural)
moreno (singular vocative)
moreny (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French moraine, from Italian morena, from Franco-Provençal mor, morre, from Vulgar Latin *murrum.

(geology) moraine (accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier)


morena

(geology) moraine, debris (large rock fragments left by a melting glacier)


morena

feminine singular passive past participle


ait

From Middle English eyt, eit, from Old English īġeoþ, īgoþ, iggaþ, iggoþ (“ait, eyot, islet, small island”), diminutive of īġ, ēġ, īeġ (“island”). More at eyot.

The ait where the osiers grew.

‘[H]e the said seigneur, in quality of Lord Paramount, is to all intents and purposes invested with the sole right and property of the river running through his fief, together with […] all the islands and aits within it.’

1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 148

1833, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life trans. John Oxenford, book 9,
Striking richness of vegetation which follows in the windings of the Rhine, marks its banks, islands, and aits.

An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.


sjö

sjö (indefinite nominative singular)
sjön (definite nominative singular)
sjöar (indefinite nominative plural)
sjöarna (definite nominative plural)
sjös (genitive indefinite singular)
sjöns (definite genitive singular)
sjöars (genitive indefinite plural)
sjöarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish siœr, from Old Norse sær, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz. Cognate with English sea.

ocean

very large body of water, such as the Atlantic

Östersjön


Katherine

Katherine
Katherine River
Katherine, Northern Territory

/ˈkæθ(ə)ɹɪn/

Northern Territory
Northern Territory#English

A river in the Northern Territory, which gave its name to the town.


Колумбия

bg-proper noun

колумби́йски

Колу́мбия • (Kolúmbija) f (relational adjective колумби́йски)

Колу́мбия (canonical)
Kolúmbija (romanization)
колумби́йски (adjective relational)
Колу́мбия (indefinite singular)
Колу́мбийо (singular vocative)

Columbia (a river in the western United States and Canada)


Колумбия

head

Колумбия • (Kolumbiä)


Колумбия

ru-proper noun+

колумби́йский

Колу́мбия • (Kolúmbija) f inan (genitive Колу́мбии, relational adjective колумби́йский)

Колу́мбия (canonical)
Kolúmbija (romanization)
Колу́мбии (genitive)
колумби́йский (adjective relational)
Колу́мбия (nominative singular)
Колу́мбии (genitive singular)
Колу́мбии (dative singular)
Колу́мбию (accusative singular)
Колу́мбией (instrumental singular)
Колу́мбиею (instrumental singular)
Колу́мбии (prepositional singular)

[kɐˈɫum⁽ʲ⁾bʲɪjə]

Ru-Колумбия.ogg

Колу́мбія — Pre-reform orthography (1918)


øy

øya (definite singular)
øyen (definite singular)
øyer (indefinite plural)
øyene (definite plural)

From Old Norse ey (“island”), from Proto-Germanic *awjō (“floodplain, meadow, island”), from earlier *agwjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ (“water”). Cognate with English ey, eyot, oe, ait, and German Aue.


øy

øya (definite singular)
øyar (indefinite plural)
øyer (indefinite plural)
øyane (definite plural)
øyene (definite plural)

From Old Norse ey, from Proto-Germanic *awjō.


Китай

uk-proper noun

Кита́й • (Kytáj) m inan (genitive Кита́ю, uncountable, relational adjective кита́йський)

Кита́й (canonical)
Kytáj (romanization)
Кита́ю (genitive)
кита́йський (adjective relational)
Кита́й (nominative singular)
Кита́ю (genitive singular)
Кита́ю (dative singular)
Кита́єві (dative singular)
Кита́й (accusative singular)
Кита́єм (instrumental singular)
Кита́ю (locative singular)
Кита́ї (locative singular)
Кита́ю (singular vocative)

Cognate with Russian Кита́й (Kitáj). See there for more.


tangi

head

tangi m (genitive singular tanga, nominative plural tangar)

tanga (genitive singular)
tangar (nominative plural)
tangi (indefinite nominative singular)
tanginn (definite nominative singular)
tangar (indefinite nominative plural)
tangarnir (definite nominative plural)
tanga (accusative indefinite singular)
tangann (accusative definite singular)
tanga (accusative indefinite plural)
tangana (accusative definite plural)
tanga (dative indefinite singular)
tanganum (dative definite singular)
töngum (dative indefinite plural)
töngunum (dative definite plural)
tanga (genitive indefinite singular)
tangans (definite genitive singular)
tanga (genitive indefinite plural)
tanganna (definite genitive plural)


Aal

From German, probably from a derivative of Old High German ahu (“river, stream”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahu, common in river names. Possibly influenced by Aal (“eel”).

A small river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany; a tributary of the Neckar.


Alle

de-proper noun

die Alle f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Alle)

die Alle (canonical feminine)
der Alle (definite genitive)

Derived from Old Prussian Alna, from alna (“to flow”).

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship#English

Łyna (a river in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)


Aller

A minor river in west Somerset, which gives its name to Allerford.

A river in Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony, Germany, a tributary of the Weser.


Aller

die Aller f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Aller)

die Aller (canonical feminine)
der Aller (definite genitive)

From Old High German Alara, from earlier Elera and Alera, of uncertain origin:.
* From Proto-Germanic *alizō (“alder”) + *ahwō (“water”), meaning "alder water".
* From the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁ey- common in many other river names, such as the Allia in Latium, Alaunus in some Celtic sites, and the Ille in Brittany. See also French aller (“to go”), German eilen (“to hasten, hurry”), Swedish ila. More at Aller.


Alt

The River Alt, a river in West Lancashire and Merseyside, England, that flows into the Irish Sea.


Battle

Capitalization of battle. Doublet of Battaglia.

A place name:
A river in Saskatchewan, Canada


Amber

A river in Derbyshire, England, which joins the River Derwent at Ambergate.


Ant

A river in Norfolk, England, tributary to the Bure.


Ave

Inherited from Latin Avus. Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“body of water”).


Capra

A river in Argeș, Romania, tributary to the Argeș

A river in Gorj, Romania, tributary to the Ciocadia

A river in Bihor, Romania, tributary to the Dașor


Canyon

de-noun

Canyon m (strong, genitive Canyons, plural Canyons)

Canyons (genitive)
Canyons (plural)
Canyon (nominative singular)
Canyons (definite nominative plural)
Canyons (genitive singular)
Canyons (definite genitive plural)
Canyon (dative singular)
Canyons (dative definite plural)
Canyon (accusative singular)
Canyons (accusative definite plural)


Bay

(informal) Ellipsis of San Francisco Bay.; A bay of the Pacific in California, United States


Canis

la-proper noun

Canis m sg (genitive Canis); third declension

Canis (genitive)
Canis (nominative singular)
Canis (genitive singular)
Canī (dative singular)
Canem (accusative singular)
Cane (ablative singular)
Canis (singular vocative)


Ana

From various languages including Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, and Macedonian, all derived—sometimes via Late Latin Anna in the Vulgate—from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna, “Anna”), chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the New Testament in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥanâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥanâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As an Oregonian river, named for Ana Byars, daughter of the surveyor W.H. Byars. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Anna, and Hannah.


Channel

(Europe) Ellipsis of English Channel: A strait in Europe, separating Great Britain from France and connecting the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.


Carr

en-prop

Carr (countable and uncountable, plural Carrs)

* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Kerr.
* As an Irish surname, from the root of the surname Keary, from ciar (“black”); compare Carey.
* Also as an Irish surname, named after a priest Cathair (compare cathair (“fort”))
* Also as an Irish surname, from a personal name derived from corr (“pointed, projected point”).

A river in West Greenwich, Rhode Island; flowing 6 km from Carr Pond to the Big River.


Chase

en-proper noun

Chase (countable and uncountable, plural Chases)

en:Chase
en:Chase (surname)
en:Chase#Places

A village and river in British Columbia, Canada.


Cam

From Old English Granta, Grantebrycge, the former name of the modern Cambridge, ultimately from a Celtic word for "crooked," Proto-Celtic *kambos, from late Proto-Indo-European *(s)kambo- (“crooked”), shared with Ancient Greek σκαμβός (skambós).

A river in Cambridgeshire, England, which passes through Cambridge and joins the Great Ouse.

A minor river in Gloucestershire which flows into the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal.


Cook

Cook (countable and uncountable, plural Cooks)

Audio (US)

Audio (AU)

some speakers from Northern England and Ireland

cuck (most accents without the foot-strut split)


Cher

Named after the Cher River, from the pre-Indo-European substrate hydronym *kʰar- (“stone”) (compare Ancient Greek κάρκαρος (kárkaros, “rough, jagged”)).

cog

Cher (a left tributary of the Loire, in central France)


Darling

A major river of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, named for Governor Ralph Darling.

Wiktionary’s coverage of Baagandji terms


Cole

en-proper noun

Cole (countable and uncountable, plural Coles)

The surname is variously from:
# A nickname from Old English col (“coal, coal-black”),
# A patronymic from Nicholas (see also Coles, Colson, Colle).
# A variation of Cowell (which itself has several origins).
# As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, variant of McCool.
# As a German surname, Americanized from Kohl.
# As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Kool.
# As a French surname, Americanized/calqued from Charbonneau, influenced by the first sense.

A river in the West Midlands and Warwickshire, England, which joins the Rivers Blythe and Tame north-east of Coleshill (Warwickshire).

A river forming the border between Wiltshire and Oxfordshire, England, which joins the Thames near Lechlade.


Cover

The River Cover, a river in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England, which joins the River Ure.


Dove

* As an English surname, from the noun dove.
* As a Scottish surname, calque of Scottish Gaelic (mac) Calmáin (“(son of the) dove”). Compare Coleman.
* Also as a Scottish surname, variant of Duff.
* As a north German surname, from the Low German adjective doof (“deaf”); see deaf.

calque

A river in England, forming the boundary between Derbyshire and Staffordshire.


Berg

de-noun

Berg m (strong, genitive Berges or Bergs, plural Berge)

Berges (genitive)
Bergs (genitive)
Berge (plural)
Berg (nominative singular)
Berge (definite nominative plural)
Berges (genitive singular)
Bergs (genitive singular)
Berge (definite genitive plural)
Berg (dative singular)
Berge (dative singular)
Bergen (dative definite plural)
Berg (accusative singular)
Berge (accusative definite plural)

Northern and Central Germany, Franconia, Lower Bavaria

From Middle High German bërc, from Old High German berg, itself from Proto-West Germanic *berg, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bergaz.
Compare Dutch berg, Low German Barg, Biärg, West Frisian berch, English berry, barrow, Danish bjerg, Swedish berg.


Berg

de-proper noun

Berg n (proper noun, genitive Bergs or (optionally with an article) Berg)

Bergs (genitive)
Berg (genitive with-article)

Berg (a municipality of Lower Austria, Austria)

Berg (any of three municipalities in Bavaria, Germany)

Berg (any of three municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

Berg (any of two municipalities in Switzerland)


Beck

en-proper noun

Beck (countable and uncountable, plural Becks)

* As a German surname, from Beck (“stream, brook”), see also Old Norse bekkr. Also a spelling variant of Becker (“baker”).
* As a Hebrew surname, shortened from בני (B'nei) קדושים (Kdoshim, “sons of the martyrs”).

Beck (disambiguation)#Places
Beck (surname)

The River Beck, or The Beck, a minor river in south-east Greater London, England, which becomes the Pool River before joining the Ravensbourne.


Acre

The state was named after the hydronym, of unknown origin.

Acre (a river in northern South America)


Eider

A river in Germany, the boundary between Schleswig and Holstein.


Eider

de-proper noun

die Eider f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Eider)

die Eider (canonical feminine)
der Eider (definite genitive)

Eider (a river in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)


Deva

A hydronym, attested in Medieval Latin as Deva. From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *dēwā (“goddess”), from Proto-Celtic *dēwos (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”). Cognate of English Dee.

A river in Ourense, Galicia, flowing some 20 km to the river Minho at Arbo

A river in Pontevedra, Galicia, flowing some 20 km to the river Minho at Pontedeva


Deva

la-proper noun

Deva f sg (genitive Devae); first declension

Devae (genitive)
Deva (nominative singular)
Devae (genitive singular)
Devae (dative singular)
Devam (accusative singular)
Devā (ablative singular)
Deva (singular vocative)

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *dēwā (“goddess”), from Proto-Celtic *dēwos (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”).

Hispania Tarraconensis
Hispania Tarraconensis#English


Eye

A short river in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England, which joins the River Dikler.

A river in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England, which becomes the River Wreake.


Eagle

The name of the English village is believed to be from Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah: compare with Acle.

Any of a number of rivers in the United States and Canada.

A number of places in the United States:

A town, the county seat of Eagle County, Colorado.

A town and hamlet in Wyoming County, New York.


Aura

Aura (nominative singular)
Aura (accusative nominative singular)
Auran (accusative genitive singular)
Auran (genitive singular)
Auraa (partitive singular)
Aurassa (inessive singular)
Aurasta (elative singular)
Auraan (illative singular)
Auralla (adessive singular)
Auralta (ablative singular)
Auralle (allative singular)
Aurana (essive singular)
Auraksi (singular translative)
Auratta (abessive singular)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
Aurani (nominative singular)
Aurani (accusative nominative singular)
Aurani (accusative genitive singular)
Aurani (genitive singular)
Auraani (partitive singular)
Aurassani (inessive singular)
Aurastani (elative singular)
Auraani (illative singular)
Aurallani (adessive singular)
Auraltani (ablative singular)
Auralleni (allative singular)
Auranani (essive singular)
Aurakseni (singular translative)
Aurattani (abessive singular)
Aurasi (nominative singular)
Aurasi (accusative nominative singular)
Aurasi (accusative genitive singular)
Aurasi (genitive singular)
Auraasi (partitive singular)
Aurassasi (inessive singular)
Aurastasi (elative singular)
Auraasi (illative singular)
Aurallasi (adessive singular)
Auraltasi (ablative singular)
Aurallesi (allative singular)
Auranasi (essive singular)
Auraksesi (singular translative)
Aurattasi (abessive singular)
Auramme (nominative singular)
Auramme (accusative nominative singular)
Auramme (accusative genitive singular)
Auramme (genitive singular)
Auraamme (partitive singular)
Aurassamme (inessive singular)
Aurastamme (elative singular)
Auraamme (illative singular)
Aurallamme (adessive singular)
Auraltamme (ablative singular)
Aurallemme (allative singular)
Auranamme (essive singular)
Auraksemme (singular translative)
Aurattamme (abessive singular)
Auranne (nominative singular)
Auranne (accusative nominative singular)
Auranne (accusative genitive singular)
Auranne (genitive singular)
Auraanne (partitive singular)
Aurassanne (inessive singular)
Aurastanne (elative singular)
Auraanne (illative singular)
Aurallanne (adessive singular)
Auraltanne (ablative singular)
Aurallenne (allative singular)
Aurananne (essive singular)
Auraksenne (singular translative)
Aurattanne (abessive singular)
Auransa (nominative singular)
Auransa (accusative nominative singular)
Auransa (accusative genitive singular)
Auransa (genitive singular)
Auraansa (partitive singular)
Aurassaan (inessive singular)
Aurassansa (inessive singular)
Aurastaan (elative singular)
Aurastansa (elative singular)
Auraansa (illative singular)
Aurallaan (adessive singular)
Aurallansa (adessive singular)
Auraltaan (ablative singular)
Auraltansa (ablative singular)
Auralleen (allative singular)
Aurallensa (allative singular)
Auranaan (essive singular)
Auranansa (essive singular)
Aurakseen (singular translative)
Auraksensa (singular translative)
Aurattaan (abessive singular)
Aurattansa (abessive singular)

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The municipality is named after the river, probably from Old Swedish āþra (thus doublet of Eura).

A municipality near Turku in Southwest Finland.


Forth

A river in Scotland that flows for about 47 km (29 miles) from The Trossachs through Stirling to the Firth of Forth on the North Sea.


Gasconade

Gasconade County
Gasconade County#English

A small city in Gasconade County, Missouri, United States, named after the Gasconade River.


Gard

Gardon, Gard (a right tributary of the Rhône, in southern France)


Dill

de-proper noun

die Dill f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Dill)

die Dill (canonical feminine)
der Dill (definite genitive)

A river flowing through central Hesse; tributary of the Lahn


Glen

A river in England, mainly in Lincolnshire.


Bug

A river flowing northwest 450 miles between Belarus and Poland.

A river in Ukraine (Southern Bug), flowing 530 miles to the Dnieper estuary.


Bug

bużański (adjective)
Bug (nominative singular)
Bugu (genitive singular)
Buga (genitive singular)
Bugowi (dative singular)
Bug (accusative singular)
Bugiem (instrumental singular)
Bugu (locative singular)
Bugu (singular vocative)

Derived from Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (biugan). Compare Russian Буг (Bug). Doublet of biga and Boh.

Bug, Western Bug (a river in Belarus, Poland and Ukraine)


Fleet

This is hard-core London, and just before Farringdon station you will be able to glimpse the vast steel pipe that carries what was the Fleet River and is now the Fleet sewer over your head.
The Fleet looks safely contained now, although you never know. It surprises me that no terrorist has made common cause with the surly and embittered Fleet, which, in Peter Ackroyd's words became 'a river of death' as it sidled through the meanest streets of London en route to the Thames.

2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, page 29

A river (the River Fleet) in London, England, now buried underground, that flowed under the Eastern end of the present Fleet Street.

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

A river, the Water of Fleet, in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland.

A river in Highland council area, Scotland, which flows into Loch Fleet.


Haw

From Old English haga (“enclosure”). Also a back-formation from Middle English Hawkin, a diminutive of Harry or of a given name meaning "a hawk". Doublet of Haig.

A river in the US state of North Carolina.


Grey

en-proper noun

Grey (countable and uncountable, plural Greys)

A river, the Grey River, on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand.


Gang

From Ancient Greek Γάγγης (Gángēs), from Sanskrit गङ्गा (gáṅgā, literally “swift-goer”).


Bach

de-proper noun

Bach m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bachs or (with an article) Bach, feminine genitive Bach, plural Bachs)

Bachs (genitive masculine)
Bach (genitive masculine)
Bach (feminine genitive)
Bachs (plural)

From Middle High German bach, from Old High German bah, from Proto-West Germanic *baki. Cognate with English beach and beck.

(music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer


Bach

From Middle Low German bach, from Old Saxon *bak, from Proto-West Germanic *baki (“brook; beach”).
Cognate with Dutch beek, German Bach, English beach, Swedish bäck.


Humor

A river in Suceava, Romania, tributary to the Bistrița


Jordano

Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)


Hart

* As an English and north/Low German surname, from the noun hart (“stag”).
* As a German surname, variant of Hardt.
* As a Jewish/Yiddish and Dutch surname, from derivatives of *hertā (“heart”), *hard(ī) (“hard”), or *herut (“stag”), or converged senses of them. These senses are also translated from other languages such as French Francoeur, Jolicoeur, Vadeboncoeur, and Native American (Cheyenne) Homa'ehesta, from homa'e (“beaver”) + hesta (“heart”).
* As an Irish surname, from Ó hairt (“descendant of Art”), from the noun art (“bear”). Compare Hartin.

The River Hart, a tributary of the River Whitewater in Hampshire, and ultimately of the Thames.


Hunter

en-proper noun

Hunter (countable and uncountable, plural Hunters)

A river in New South Wales, Australia; flowing 300 km from the Mount Royal Range within Barrington Tops National Park into the Tasman Sea at Newcastle; named for John Hunter, 2nd Governor of New South Wales.

A river in Western Australia, Australia; flowing 16 km from Donkins Hill near Mitchell River National Park into the Timor Sea; named by Australian explorer Philip Parker King for James Hunter, the surgeon of King's HMS Mermaid.

A river in northwest Otago, New Zealand; flowing into Lake Hāwea.

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

A river in Prince Edward Island, Canada; flowing from near Hartville into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence near North Rustico.


Kinder

A minor river in Derbyshire, England, which joins the River Sett.


Kuk

From a word meaning "river" in an Inuit language.


Lek

A river, the northern arm of the River Rhine, in the Netherlands.


Lek

From Middle Dutch lecke. Related to laak.

A river, the northern arm of the River Rhine, in the provinces of Utrecht, Zuid-Holland and Gelderland, Netherlands, running from the Nederrijn at Wijk bij Duurstede to the Noord at Kinderdijk.


Don

Don River (Russia)
en:Don (disambiguation)
en:Don River (disambiguation)

Borrowed from Russian Дон (Don). Known in Ancient Greece and Rome as Latin Tanais, Ancient Greek Τάναϊς (Tánaïs).

A river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia. It flows 1870 kilometers (1160 miles) to the Sea of Azov.


Don

Dôn
River Don, Aberdeenshire
River Don, South Yorkshire
River Don, Tyne and Wear
en:Don (disambiguation)
en:Don River (disambiguation)

Probably from the common Celtic river name Proto-Celtic *Dānu << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-, found in many other river names such as Danube, and Dniester. Connected with the Welsh river goddess Dôn, whose name is from the same origin, though it could have been influenced by Welsh dawn (“gift”), Irish dán (“gift, offering”), Latin dōnum.

A river in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom, flowing 62 miles to the North Sea at Aberdeen.

A river in South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, on which Doncaster is situated.

A minor river in Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom, which joins the Tyne at Jarrow.

A river in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, named after the River Don in Yorkshire.


Don

Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)


Don

Don (nominative singular)
Don (accusative nominative singular)
Donin (accusative genitive singular)
Donin (genitive singular)
Donia (partitive singular)
Donissa (inessive singular)
Donista (elative singular)
Doniin (illative singular)
Donilla (adessive singular)
Donilta (ablative singular)
Donille (allative singular)
Donina (essive singular)
Doniksi (singular translative)
Donitta (abessive singular)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
Donini (nominative singular)
Donini (accusative nominative singular)
Donini (accusative genitive singular)
Donini (genitive singular)
Doniani (partitive singular)
Donissani (inessive singular)
Donistani (elative singular)
Doniini (illative singular)
Donillani (adessive singular)
Doniltani (ablative singular)
Donilleni (allative singular)
Doninani (essive singular)
Donikseni (singular translative)
Donittani (abessive singular)
Donisi (nominative singular)
Donisi (accusative nominative singular)
Donisi (accusative genitive singular)
Donisi (genitive singular)
Doniasi (partitive singular)
Donissasi (inessive singular)
Donistasi (elative singular)
Doniisi (illative singular)
Donillasi (adessive singular)
Doniltasi (ablative singular)
Donillesi (allative singular)
Doninasi (essive singular)
Doniksesi (singular translative)
Donittasi (abessive singular)
Donimme (nominative singular)
Donimme (accusative nominative singular)
Donimme (accusative genitive singular)
Donimme (genitive singular)
Doniamme (partitive singular)
Donissamme (inessive singular)
Donistamme (elative singular)
Doniimme (illative singular)
Donillamme (adessive singular)
Doniltamme (ablative singular)
Donillemme (allative singular)
Doninamme (essive singular)
Doniksemme (singular translative)
Donittamme (abessive singular)
Doninne (nominative singular)
Doninne (accusative nominative singular)
Doninne (accusative genitive singular)
Doninne (genitive singular)
Donianne (partitive singular)
Donissanne (inessive singular)
Donistanne (elative singular)
Doniinne (illative singular)
Donillanne (adessive singular)
Doniltanne (ablative singular)
Donillenne (allative singular)
Doninanne (essive singular)
Doniksenne (singular translative)
Donittanne (abessive singular)
Doninsa (nominative singular)
Doninsa (accusative nominative singular)
Doninsa (accusative genitive singular)
Doninsa (genitive singular)
Doniaan (partitive singular)
Doniansa (partitive singular)
Donissaan (inessive singular)
Donissansa (inessive singular)
Donistaan (elative singular)
Donistansa (elative singular)
Doniinsa (illative singular)
Donillaan (adessive singular)
Donillansa (adessive singular)
Doniltaan (ablative singular)
Doniltansa (ablative singular)
Donilleen (allative singular)
Donillensa (allative singular)
Doninaan (essive singular)
Doninansa (essive singular)
Donikseen (singular translative)
Doniksensa (singular translative)
Donittaan (abessive singular)
Donittansa (abessive singular)


Don

de-proper noun

Don m (proper noun, strong, genitive Dons or Don)


Don

Don (nominative singular)
Dont (accusative singular)
Donnak (dative singular)
Donnal (instrumental singular)
Donért (causal-final singular)
Donná (singular translative)
Donig (singular terminative)
Donként (essive-formal singular)
Donban (inessive singular)
Donon (singular superessive)
Donnál (adessive singular)
Donba (illative singular)
Donra (singular sublative)
Donhoz (allative singular)
Donból (elative singular)
Donról (delative singular)
Dontól (ablative singular)
Doné (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Donéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Donom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
Donod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Donja (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Donunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
Donotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Donjuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)


Don

Don (nominative singular)
Donu (genitive singular)
Donowi (dative singular)
Don (accusative singular)
Donem (instrumental singular)
Donie (locative singular)
Donie (singular vocative)

Borrowed from Russian Дон (Don), from Old East Slavic Донъ (Donŭ).


Golf

de-noun

Golf m (strong, genitive Golfes or Golfs, plural Golfe)

Golfes (genitive)
Golfs (genitive)
Golfe (plural)
Golf (nominative singular)
Golfe (definite nominative plural)
Golfes (genitive singular)
Golfs (genitive singular)
Golfe (definite genitive plural)
Golf (dative singular)
Golfe (dative singular)
Golfen (dative definite plural)
Golf (accusative singular)
Golfe (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colfus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos). See gulf.


Golf

Golf n (strong, genitive Golfs, no plural)

Golfs (genitive)
Golf (nominative singular)
Golfs (genitive singular)
Golf (dative singular)
Golf (accusative singular)

Borrowed from English golf, probably from Middle Dutch colve and then a doublet of Kolben.


Golf

Golf m (strong, genitive Golfs, plural Golfs or Golfe)

Golfs (genitive)
Golfs (plural)
Golfe (plural)
Golf (nominative singular)
Golfs (definite nominative plural)
Golfe (definite nominative plural)
Golfs (genitive singular)
Golfs (definite genitive plural)
Golfe (definite genitive plural)
Golf (dative singular)
Golfs (dative definite plural)
Golfen (dative definite plural)
Golf (accusative singular)
Golfs (accusative definite plural)
Golfe (accusative definite plural)

Brandname. Apparently with associations to both above etymologies. Compare the contemporaneous models Jetta (from the jetstream), Passat (from Passat “trade wind”) and Polo (from the polo sport).

Volkswagen Golf, the most popular car in Germany throughout the 1980s and 1990s


Cree

A river in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, which flows into the Solway Firth and Irish Sea.


Hull

en-proper noun

Hull (countable and uncountable, plural Hulls)

French: Hull, Hullois, hullois

The town in England is Inherited from Middle English Hull, Hul, Hulle, traditionally derived from Proto-Brythonic *hʉl, from Proto-Celtic *soulos, from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to press”); Breeze instead suggests derivation from hula, plural of hulu (“hut”). Chaucer's Hulle (for expected *Hul, *Hule) is presumably a hypersouthernism.
The surname is either from the English town or Middle English hulle, western variant of hylle (“hill”); many other place names are ultimately from the surname.

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A river in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, which flows into the Humber.


Kelvin

Of Celtic/Scottish Gaelic origin, possibly from caol (“narrow”) or coille (“wooded”) + abhainn (“river”). The surname is derived from the river.
The surname was also possibly influenced by Calvert (Middle English calfhirde).

East Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire#English

A river which flows through East Dunbartonshire council area and Glasgow council area, Scotland, to the River Clyde.


Lark

A river in England, on the border between Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.


Lab

From Serbo-Croatian Lab, from Лаб, from Thracian Alb.


Lyn

Either of two short rivers in North Devon, England, the East Lyn and West Lyn, which converge at Lynmouth before flowing into the Bristol Channel.


Life

an Life (canonical feminine)
na Life (genitive)


Kern

The unincorporated community in Missouri is named after Robert Kern. The Kern River is named after Edward Kern.

An unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, United States


Lys

A river in Hauts-de-France, France and Belgium, and a left tributary of the Scheldt at Gent. This is the French spelling: the Dutch and German spelling is Leie.


Logan

From Scottish Gaelic lag (“little hollow”).

A number of places in the United States:

A river in the United States; flowing from the Bear River Mountains in Idaho into the Little Bear River at Benson, Utah.

A river in Queensland, Australia; flowing from near Mount Barney into the Moreton Bay at Woongoolba.


Ion

la-proper noun

Īōn f sg (genitive Īōnis); third declension

Īōn (canonical feminine singular)
Īōnis (genitive)
Īōn (nominative singular)
Īōnis (genitive singular)
Īōnī (dative singular)
Īōnem (accusative singular)
Īōne (ablative singular)
Īōn (singular vocative)


Ion

Iōn m sg (genitive Iōnis); third declension

Iōn (canonical masculine singular)
Iōnis (genitive)
Iōn (nominative singular)
Iōnis (genitive singular)
Iōnī (dative singular)
Iōnem (accusative singular)
Iōne (ablative singular)
Iōn (singular vocative)

A river of Thessaly rising in the Cambunii mountains


Ion

Iōn (canonical masculine singular)
Iōnis (genitive)
Iōn (masculine nominative singular)
Iās (feminine nominative singular)
Iōnēs (masculine nominative plural)
Iādēs (feminine nominative plural)
Iōnis (genitive masculine singular)
Iādis (feminine genitive singular)
Iōnium (genitive masculine plural)
Iādium (feminine genitive plural)
Iōnī (dative masculine singular)
Iādī (dative feminine singular)
Iōnibus (dative masculine plural)
Iādibus (dative feminine plural)
Iōna (accusative masculine singular)
Iādem (accusative feminine singular)
Iōnēs (accusative masculine plural)
Iādes (accusative feminine plural)
Iōnī (ablative masculine singular)
Iāde (ablative feminine singular)
Iōnibus (ablative masculine plural)
Iōnibus (ablative feminine plural)
Iōn (masculine singular vocative)
Iās (feminine singular vocative)
Iōnēs (masculine plural vocative)
Iādēs (feminine plural vocative)


Lech

de-proper noun

der Lech m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Lechs or des Leches)

der Lech (canonical masculine)
des Lechs (definite genitive)
des Leches (definite genitive)


Kama

It was led by Sen. Henry Javkson (D-Wash.), who referred at some length to an IBM computer and assorted other technology we have sold the Russians for use in their vast Kama River truck plant.

1979 August 20, “Editorial: Limiting System Exports”, in Computerworld, page 14

According to Ponomarev's calculations, the Kama in the 1890s annually supplied the Volga with up to 850000 logs, of which about 250000 came from the Chusovaya, about 250000 from the Vyatka and its tributaries, 150000 from the Belaya,[…].

1986, Soviet Geography, volume 27, page 125

He was ordered to seek out the rebels along the Kama and the Viatka.

1995, Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich Solovʹev, History of Russia, page 33

A major river in Russia, the longest left tributary of the Volga.


Med

We're going to the Med for four weeks this summer.

They used to go wild for villas by the Med and ski chalets in the Alps; now they are forking out for views of the Channel and hilly walks in Shropshire.

2023 July 22, Donna Ferguson, “Post-Brexit fall in English ownership of European second homes, figures show”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

(informal, with definite article) Clipping of Mediterranean.


Mole

From Latin mola (“mill”), or otherwise a back-formation from Molesey (“Mul's Island”).

A river in Surrey, England, tributary to the Thames.

A river in Devon, England, tributary to the Taw.


Laurel

A river flowing from Lake, Kentucky into the Cumberland at Corbin, Kentucky.


Neath

Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot#English

A river in Neath Port Talbot county borough, which flows into Baglan Bay.


Meer

From Middle High German mere, mer, from Old High German meri, from Proto-West Germanic *mari. Cognate with German Meer, Dutch meer (“lake”), English mere (“sea, lake”).


Meer

de-noun

Meer n (strong, genitive Meeres or Meers, plural Meere)

Meeres (genitive)
Meers (genitive)
Meere (plural)
Meer (nominative singular)
Meere (definite nominative plural)
Meeres (genitive singular)
Meers (genitive singular)
Meere (definite genitive plural)
Meer (dative singular)
Meere (dative singular)
Meeren (dative definite plural)
Meer (accusative singular)
Meere (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German mere, mer, from Old High German meri, from Proto-West Germanic *mari.
Cognates
Cognate with Dutch meer (“lake”), Low German Meer, meer, English mere (“sea, lake”). Via Indo-European is cognate with Latin mare.


Dan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 丹 (Dān, literally “cinnabar, red”).

der

Third, intensifying supervision over water sources for the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, of which approximately 70% of the water comes from the Han River and the Dan River. We have launched specialized campaigns in the two rivers and improved comprehensive management of the basin. A ten-year fishing ban on the Yangtze River has been enforced, which effectively ensured the water quality of the Han River and the Dan River. We will further step up efforts to ensure clear water for the North.

2021 June 23, “Press conference on 'Shaanxi: Carrying forward Yan'an spirit, endeavoring to write new chapter of accelerated growth in new era'”, in State Council Information Office, archived from the original on 2022-06-10


Oase

Oase (genitive)
Oasen (plural)
Oase (nominative singular)
Oasen (definite nominative plural)
Oase (genitive singular)
Oasen (definite genitive plural)
Oase (dative singular)
Oasen (dative definite plural)
Oase (accusative singular)
Oasen (accusative definite plural)

18th century, from Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis), from Egyptian wḥꜣt. The singular in -e (19th c.) is a backformation from the plural Oasen.


Níl

Nílar (genitive)
Níl (indefinite nominative singular)
Níl (accusative indefinite singular)
Níl (dative indefinite singular)
Nílar (genitive indefinite singular)


Níl

An Níl (canonical feminine)
na Níle (genitive)
Níl (indefinite nominative singular)
a Níl (indefinite singular vocative)
Níle (genitive indefinite singular)
Níl (dative indefinite singular)
an Níl (definite nominative singular)
na Níle (definite genitive singular)
leis an Níl (dative definite singular)
don Níl (dative definite singular)