"polynya" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pə(ʊ)ˈlɪnjə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pəˈlɪnjə/ [General-American], /ˌpɑlənˈjɑ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-polynya.wav [Southern-England] Forms: polynyas [plural], polynyi [plural, rare]
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian полынья́ (polynʹjá, “polynya”), from по́лый (pólyj, “hollow”). The rare plural form polynyi is borrowed from Russian полыньи́ (polynʹí). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|полынья́||polynya}} Russian полынья́ (polynʹjá, “polynya”), {{m|ru|по́лый||hollow}} по́лый (pólyj, “hollow”), {{bor|en|ru|полыньи́}} Russian полыньи́ (polynʹí) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|polynyi|pl2qual=rare}} polynya (plural polynyas or (rare) polynyi)
  1. (hydrology, oceanography) A naturally formed transient area of open water surrounded by sea ice, especially in polar or subpolar seas. Wikipedia link: Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Categories (topical): Hydrology, Oceanography Synonyms: glade, polyna, polynia Translations (area of open water surrounded by sea ice): йылыу (yılıw) (Bashkir), ҡаран (qaran) (Bashkir), пало́нка (palónka) [feminine] (Belarusian), 冰洞 (bīngdòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 冰湖 (bīnghú) (Chinese Mandarin), 冰窟窿 (bīngkūlong) (Chinese Mandarin), 冰穴 (bīngxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 冰沼湖 (bīngzhǎohú) (Chinese Mandarin), polynie [feminine] (Czech), wakvlakte (Dutch), lahvandus (Estonian), polinja (Finnish), polynia [masculine] (French), Polynja [feminine] (German), पॉलीन्या (pŏlīnyā) (Hindi), vök [feminine] (Icelandic), polynja [feminine] (Italian), ポリニヤ (poriniya) (Japanese), 氷湖 (hyōko) (alt: ひょうこ) (Japanese), 빙호 (bingho) (Korean), polynja [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), våk [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), polynja [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), vok [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), połynia [feminine] (Polish), płoń [feminine] (Polish), полынья́ (polynʹjá) (Russian), лу́нка (lúnka) [feminine] (Russian), про́рубь (prórubʹ) (note: often artificial) [feminine] (Russian), прота́лина (protálina) [feminine] (Russian), polinija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), polinia [feminine] (Spanish), polynja (Swedish), vak [common-gender] (Swedish), polinya (Turkish), ополо́нка (opolónka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), поло́нка (polónka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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          "oceanography",
          "oceanography"
        ],
        [
          "naturally",
          "naturally"
        ],
        [
          "formed",
          "form#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "transient",
          "transient"
        ],
        [
          "area",
          "area"
        ],
        [
          "open water",
          "open water"
        ],
        [
          "surrounded",
          "surround#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "sea ice",
          "sea ice"
        ],
        [
          "polar",
          "polar"
        ],
        [
          "subpolar",
          "subpolar"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(hydrology, oceanography) A naturally formed transient area of open water surrounded by sea ice, especially in polar or subpolar seas."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "glade"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "hydrology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "oceanography"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer",
        "National Aeronautics and Space Administration"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pə(ʊ)ˈlɪnjə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pəˈlɪnjə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌpɑlənˈjɑ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "polyna"
    },
    {
      "word": "polynia"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "yılıw",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "word": "йылыу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "qaran",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "word": "ҡаран"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "palónka",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пало́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bīngdòng",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "word": "冰洞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bīnghú",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "word": "冰湖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bīngkūlong",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "word": "冰窟窿"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bīngxué",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "word": "冰穴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bīngzhǎohú",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "word": "冰沼湖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polynie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "word": "wakvlakte"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "word": "lahvandus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "word": "polinja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "polynia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Polynja"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pŏlīnyā",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "word": "पॉलीन्या"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vök"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polynja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "poriniya",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "word": "ポリニヤ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひょうこ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hyōko",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "word": "氷湖"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bingho",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "word": "빙호"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "polynja"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "våk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "polynja"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vok"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "połynia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "płoń"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "polynʹjá",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "word": "полынья́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lúnka",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лу́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "often artificial",
      "roman": "prórubʹ",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "про́рубь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "protálina",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прота́лина"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polinija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polinia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "word": "polynja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "word": "polinya"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "opolónka",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ополо́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "polónka",
      "sense": "area of open water surrounded by sea ice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поло́нка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "polynya"
}

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