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li⋅man

  [li-mahn, -man]
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–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 limn harbor)
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liman

noun
a long narrow lagoon near the mouth of a river 
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