liman
Meanings
Plural: limans
Noun
- a long narrow lagoon near the mouth of a river
- A wide estuary formed as a lagoon at the mouth of one or more rivers, where flow is constrained by a bar of sediments (created by either the current of a sea or a sediment-saturated river), especially in the Black Sea region.
Origin / Etymology
From Russian лима́н (limán) or Ukrainian лима́н (lymán), from Turkic, compare Turkish liman (“port, harbor”). Ultimately from Ancient Greek λιμήν (limḗn, “harbor”).
Scrabble Score: 7
liman is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordliman is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
liman is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
liman is a valid Words With Friends word