"bahira" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bahiras [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic بَحْر (baḥr, “little sea”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ar|ب ح ر}}, {{bor|en|ar|بَحْر||little sea}} Arabic بَحْر (baḥr, “little sea”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} bahira (plural bahiras)
  1. (oceanography) A classification of sea inlet; a depression in the land flooded by the sea during the Holocene transgression and connected to the sea by a narrow passage. Categories (topical): Oceanography

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