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Definition: ESTUARIES

Part of Speech Definition
Noun Plural 1. Plural inflection of the noun estuary.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Noun Base
(estuary)		 1. The wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix.[Wordnet].
2. A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth.[Websters].
3. A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith.[Websters].

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Date "Estuaries" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1485. (references)

Specialty Definition: ESTUARIES

Domain Definition
Aerospace The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides. An arm of the sea that extends inland to meet the mouth of a river. An estuary has somewhat salty water and tidal activity. (references)
Fisheries An arm of the sea that extends inland to meet the mouth of a river. (references)

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Common Expressions: ESTUARIES

Expressions Definition
Ribble and Alt Estuaries The Ribble and Alt Estuaries lie on the Irish Sea coast of the counties of Lancashire and Merseyside in north-west England. (references)

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Topics by Level of Interest: ESTUARIES

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
List of estuaries in England 7     Dala-Kildala Rivers Estuaries Provincial Park 2
Ribble and Alt Estuaries 6     List of estuaries in England 7
Dala-Kildala Rivers Estuaries Provincial Park 2     Ribble and Alt Estuaries 6

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Synonyms: estuaries
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

 bays, embouchure, estuary, influx, outfall, creeks, inlets, mouths, bayou, entry, firth, mouth, orifice.
Consider also: bights, coves, armlets, firths, gulfs, arms, embouchures, outfalls, fiords, waters, lochs, influxes, canals, deltas, orifices, porters, entrance.

Adjective

 bayous.
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Computed Synonyms: estuaries

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   25.2192   estuaries     embouchures     mouths, nozzles, orifices, apertures, outlets   
 2   22.1093   estuaries     deltas     mouths, embouchures, outlets, orifices, openings   
 3   21.1092   estuaries     outlets     discharges, outfalls, egresses, drains, vents   
 4   18.2092   estuaries     nozzles     mouthpieces, snouts, noses, tips, bushes   
 5   18.2091   estuaries     mouthpieces     nozzles, mouths, tips, tubes, barrels   
 6   15.2094   estuaries     apertures     mouths, leaks, eyes, vacancies, windows   
 7   15.1091   estuaries     openings     mouths, holes, breaches, slots, leaks   
 8   15.1091   estuaries     inlets     mouths, coves, entries, creeks, inputs   
 9   14.1093   estuaries     outfalls     outlets, mouths, drains, discharges, orifices   
 10   11.2092   estuaries     influxes     flows, intakes, entries, mouths, admissions   
 11   8.1092   estuaries     bays     coves, racks, creeks, chests, recesses   
 12   8.1091   estuaries     lochs     loughs, meres, inlets, firths, fjords   
 13   7.2094   estuaries     issues     results, discharges, offsprings, outcomes, numbers   
 14   6.1092   estuaries     ways     pathways, passages, rounds, practices, conditions   
 15   6.1092   estuaries     creeks     inlets, coves, bays, watercourses, bights   
--------------------     202 synonyms ranked from 16 to 217 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: ESTUARIES

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya مَصَبُّ النَّهْر إلخ (estuaries, estuary, firth, firths, outfall). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha مَصَبُّ النَّهْر إلخ (estuaries, estuary, firth, firths, outfall). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic مَصَبُّ النَّهْر إلخ (estuaries, estuary, firth, firths, outfall). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Bahasa Indonesia muara (estuary, firth, estuaries, mouth). Additional references: Bahasa Indonesia, Indonesia, Java, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian ústí řeky (estuary, outfall, firth, estuaries). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Danish flodmundinger (estuaries). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina ústí řeky (estuary, outfall, firth, estuaries). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 河口 (estuary, outfall, frith, bayou, aber). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 河口 (estuary, aber, bayou, bayous, estuaries). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech ústí řeky (estuary, outfall, firth, estuaries). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Danish flodmundinger (estuaries). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Dansk flodmundinger (estuaries). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Dari مصب (estuaries, estuary, mouth). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Meeresarme (estuaries, firths), Mündungen (estuaries, orifices, muzzles), Trichtermündung (estuaries), Gezeitenmündungen (estuaries), Flussmündungen (estuaries). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch estuarium (estuary, estuaries), estuaria (estuaries), openingen (estuaries), mondingen (estuaries). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Français estuaires (estuaries), bouches (mouths, chops, mouth, estuaries). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
French estuaires (estuaries), bouches (mouths, chops, mouth, estuaries). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
German Meeresarme (estuaries, firths), Mündungen (estuaries, orifices, muzzles), Trichtermündung (estuaries), Gezeitenmündungen (estuaries), Flussmündungen (estuaries). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek εκβολή (estuary, outfall, estuaries, delivery, discharge). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek (transliteration) ekvoli (estuary, outfall, estuaries, delivery, discharge). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew רהנ ךפש (estuaries, estuary). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic مَصَبُّ النَّهْر إلخ (estuaries, estuary, firth, firths, outfall). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Meeresarme (estuaries, firths), Mündungen (estuaries, orifices, muzzles), Trichtermündung (estuaries), Gezeitenmündungen (estuaries), Flussmündungen (estuaries). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Meeresarme (estuaries, firths), Mündungen (estuaries, orifices, muzzles), Trichtermündung (estuaries), Gezeitenmündungen (estuaries), Flussmündungen (estuaries). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Hungarian tölcsértorkolat (estuary, estuaries). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Indonesian muara (estuary, firth, estuaries, mouth). Additional references: Indonesian, Indonesia, Java, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian estuari (estuaries). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit רהנ ךפש (estuaries, estuary). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 河口 (estuary, mouth of river, outfall, bayou, debouchment). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Magyar tölcsértorkolat (estuary, estuaries). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Norwegian elvemunninger (estuaries). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Parsi مصب (estuaries, estuary, mouth). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian مصب (estuaries, estuary, mouth). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian (Farsi) مصب (estuaries, estuary, mouth). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Polish ujście (estuary, escapement, vent, issue, mouth). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Polnisch ujście (estuary, escapement, vent, issue, mouth). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Polski ujście (estuary, escapement, vent, issue, mouth). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese estuários (estuaries). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi flodmynningar (estuaries), mynningar (estuaries), havsfjordar (estuaries). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian эстуарии (estuaries). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) estuarii (estuaries). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki эстуарии (estuaries). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) estuarii (estuaries). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Sjaelland flodmundinger (estuaries). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish estuarios (estuaries). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska flodmynningar (estuaries), mynningar (estuaries), havsfjordar (estuaries). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish flodmynningar (estuaries), mynningar (estuaries), havsfjordar (estuaries). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish haliç (estuary, golden horn, mouth, armlet, estuaries). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian Лимани (estuaries, estuary). Additional references: Ukrainian, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian (transliteration) limani (estuaries, estuary). Additional references: Ukrainian, estuaries. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: ESTUARIES

Language Translations for “estuaries” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag athagestathaguathagarathagies (estuaries). Additional references: Athag, estuaries. (volunteer)
Double Dutch agestaguagaragies (estuaries). Additional references: Double Dutch, estuaries. (volunteer)
Leet 3z-|-\//\213z (estuaries). Additional references: Leet, estuaries. (volunteer)
Oppish opestopuoparopies (estuaries). Additional references: Oppish, estuaries. (volunteer)
Pig Latin estuariesway (estuaries). Additional references: Pig Latin, estuaries. (volunteer)
Terran B msedingemun (estuaries). Additional references: Terran B, estuaries. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi ubestubuubarubies (estuaries). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, estuaries. (volunteer)
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