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raviney

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ra⋅vine

  [ruh-veen]
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–noun
a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < MF: torrent, OF: a violent rushing; see raven 2

Related forms:
ra⋅vine⋅y, adjective
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Word Origin & History

ravine 
1760, "deep gorge," from Fr. ravin "a gully" (1690, from O.Fr. raviner "to hollow out"), and from Fr. ravine "violent rush of water, gully," from O.Fr. ravine "violent rush, robbery, rapine," both ult. from L. rapina (see rapine); sense influenced by L. rapidus "rapid." M.E. ravine meant "booty, plunder, robbery" from c.1350-1500. Cf. ravening.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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