doline

See also: Doline and dolinę

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a Slavic (most likely Russian[1] or Slovene[2]) word dolina ("valley"), perhaps via German Doline.

Noun

doline (plural dolines)

  1. A depression (basin, hollow) in karstic terrain/limestone.
  2. (by extension) Any sinkhole.

Translations
any sinkhole — see sinkhole

References
  1. “doline”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  2. “doline”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian dolina; compare Polish dolina.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɔ.lin/
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Noun

doline f (plural dolines)

  1. sinkhole, shakehole

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

doline (Cyrillic spelling долине)

  1. inflection of dolina:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural
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