English Explanatory Dictionary

liman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
adj
  1. From or pertaining to Lima in Peru.
noun
  1. A native or inhabitant of Lima in Peru.
name
  1. Rare spelling of Lyman (“town in the Donbas”).

Pronunciation

/lɪˈmɑn/ /ˈliːmən/

Word forms

liman limans more Liman most Liman Limean

Etymology

From Russian лима́н (limán) or Ukrainian лима́н (lymán), from Turkic, compare Turkish liman (“port, harbor”). Ultimately from Ancient Greek λιμήν (limḗn, “harbor”).

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