"cryptodepression" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌkɹɪptəʊdɪˈpɹɛʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌkɹiptoʊdəˈpɹɛʃ(ə)n/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-cryptodepression.ogg [Australia] Forms: cryptodepressions [plural]
Etymology: From crypto- (“prefix meaning ‘hidden’”) + depression (“area lower in topography than its surroundings”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|crypto|depression|t1=prefix meaning ‘hidden’|t2=area lower in topography than its surroundings}} crypto- (“prefix meaning ‘hidden’”) + depression (“area lower in topography than its surroundings”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cryptodepression (plural cryptodepressions)
  1. (geography, limnology) The portion of a lake which lies below sea level. Categories (topical): Geography Categories (place): Lakes Translations (portion of a lake which lies below sea level): криптодепресията (kriptodepresijata) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 潛窪地 (Chinese Mandarin), 潜洼地 (qiánwādì) (Chinese Mandarin), kryptodeprese (Czech), krüptodepressioon (Estonian), kryptodepressio (Finnish), cryptodépression [feminine] (French), criptodepressione [feminine] (Italian), kriptodepresija (Latvian), kryptodepresja [feminine] (Polish), криптодѐпре̄сија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kriptodèprēsija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kryptodepresia [feminine] (Slovak), kriptodepresija [feminine] (Slovene), criptodepresión [feminine] (Spanish), криптодепре́сія (kryptodeprésija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), pındam (Zazaki)

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