LIMAN

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li⋅man

[li-mahn, -man]

–noun Geology.

1.	a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.

2.	an area of mud or silt deposited near the mouth of a river.

Origin:
1855–60; < Russ limán estuary, coastal salt lake < Turk or Crimean Tatar < MGk liménion, liménas (cf. Gk lim

n harbor)

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