What does ATOLL mean?
Definitions for ATOLL
ˈæt ɔl, -ɒl, -oʊlatoll
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Princeton's WordNet
atollnoun
an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon
Wiktionary
atollnoun
A type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform. Atolls have a unique geology, so not all islands with a reef and a lagoon are atolls.
Etymology: From and, from آبتل
Wikipedia
atoll
An atoll is a type of island.
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atoll
An atoll is a ring-shaped coral reef, island, or series of islets that encircle a lagoon either partially or completely. They are often formed from the growth of coral on the top of extinct underwater volcanoes and are usually located in warm tropical or subtropical oceans.
Webster Dictionary
Atollnoun
a coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon island
Etymology: [The native name in the Indian Ocean.]
Wikidata
Atoll
An atoll is a ring-shaped coral reef including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely. There may be coral islands/cays on the coral rim.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Atoll
a-tol′, or at′ol, n. a coral island consisting of a circular belt of coral enclosing a central lagoon. [A Malay word.]
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Anagrams for ATOLL »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ATOLL in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ATOLL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of ATOLL in a Sentence
Marshall Islands started a bit of a goldrush in terms of studies, the signal was kind of consistent -- there's no widespread chronic erosion of atoll islands in the Pacific.
If we were continuing to excavate the castaway campsite at the southeast end of the atoll I would say that we could ‘expect’ to make further discoveries, it’s an established archaeological site where we know a castaway died - apparently female and of Earhart’s height and ethnic origin - and where we have found artifacts that speak of an American woman of the 1930s.
Last year’s bleaching at Lisianski Atoll was the worst our scientists have seen, almost one and a half square miles of reef bleached last year and are now completely dead.
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- جزيرة مرجانيةArabic
- атолBulgarian
- atolCzech
- AtollGerman
- κοραλλιογενές νησίGreek
- atoloEsperanto
- atolónSpanish
- atollEstonian
- آبسنگPersian
- atolliFinnish
- atollFrench
- ellan chorralaghManx
- एटोलHindi
- korallzátonyHungarian
- ատոլArmenian
- atoloIdo
- atolloItalian
- אָטוֹלHebrew
- 環礁Japanese
- атолMacedonian
- atolMalay
- atolDutch
- atollNorwegian
- atolPolish
- atolPortuguese
- атоллRussian
- atolSlovene
- atollSwedish
- اٹولUrdu
- korialanisul klöpikVolapük
- 环礁Chinese
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