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1. (n.) estuary
that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide.
2. estuary
an arm or inlet of the sea at the lower end of a river.
Etymology: (1530–40; < L aestuārium inlet, estuary =aestu(s) tide, surge (lit., heat; see estival ) +-ārium -ary)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) estuary
the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Estuary
belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata
2. (noun) Estuary
a place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth
3. (noun) Estuary
a passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith
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Sense: the wide lower part of a river up which the tide flows
the Thames estuary.
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 Afrikaans: estuarium, mond |
 Arabic: مَصَب النَّهْر |
 Bulgarian: устие |
 Brazilian: estuário |
 Czech: ústí |
 German: die Flußmündung |
 Danish: flodmunding |
 Greek: στόμιο, εκβολή ποταμού |
 Spanish: estuario |
 Estonian: lehtersuue |
 Farsi: خور؛ دهانه رودخانه |
 Finnish: jokisuu |
 French: estuaire |
 Hebrew: שֶפֶך נַהָר |
 Hindi: नदी का चौड़ा मुहाना |
 Croatian: estuarij, ušće rijeke |
 Hungarian: torkolat |
 Indonesian: muara |
 Icelandic: ármynni, árós |
 Italian: estuario |
 Japanese: 河口 |
 Korean: (밀물이 드는 큰 강의) 어귀 |
 Lithuanian: žiotys |
 Latvian: upes grīva |
 Malay: muara |
 Dutch: riviermond |
 Norwegian: elvemunning |
 Polish: ujście rzeki |
 Persian: خور؛ دهانه رودخانه |
 Pashto: دبحيرې هغه برخه چه دسيند |
 Portuguese: estuário |
 Romanian: estuar |
 Russian: эстуарий |
 Slovak: ústie |
 Slovenian: rečno ustje |
 Serbian: estuar |
 Swedish: flodmynning |
 Thai: ปากแม่น้ำ |
 Turkish: nehir ağzı, haliç |
 Taiwanese: 河口 |
 Ukrainian: гирло ріки, естуарій |
 Urdu: دریا کا چوڑا مہانہ جہاں س |
 Vietnamese: cửa sông |
 Chinese: 河口 |
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