"riverbank" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: riverbanks [plural]
Etymology: From river + bank. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|river|bank}} river + bank Head templates: {{en-noun}} riverbank (plural riverbanks)
  1. A sloped side of a river acting as a barrier between the water and level ground to either side. Wikipedia link: riverbank Categories (topical): Hydrology Related terms: creekside, riverside Translations (sloped side of a river): mat (Albanian), ὄχθη (ókhthē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), գետափ (getapʻ) (Armenian), речен бряг (rečen brjag) [masculine] (Bulgarian), riba [feminine] (Catalan), ribera [feminine] (Catalan), 江畔 (jiāngpàn) (Chinese Mandarin), oever (Dutch), i-d-b-N21 (jdb) (Egyptian), riverbordo (Esperanto), joenpenkka (Finnish), rive [feminine] (French), berge [feminine] (French), regada [feminine] (Galician), ribeira [feminine] (Galician), Ufer [neuter] (German), גדות (gadoth) (Hebrew), folyópart (Hungarian), rivo (Ido), igid (Ilocano), 강변 (gangbyeon) (Korean), rīpa [feminine] (Latin), teɏanteg (Lubuagan Kalinga), tahataha (Maori), tarawāhi (Maori), paretai (Maori), elvebredd [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), elvebredd [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), elvebreidd [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), elvebreidde [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), 汀理 (Old Korean), سیف (sif) (Ottoman Turkish), Eewa [neuter] (Plautdietsch), orilla [feminine] (Spanish), benque [Honduras, masculine] (Spanish), flodbank [common-gender] (Swedish), pampang (Tagalog), manarko (Tocharian B), malona (Tuwali Ifugao), берег річки (bereh ričky) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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