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atoll

/ˈætɒl/US/ˈætɔl/

atoll noun: a type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform.

atoll: a type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and...
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Noun

atoll (plural atolls)

  1. A type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform.

atoll meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Tagalog

atoll in Tamil

பவழத்தீவு, காயலைச்சூழ்ந்த பவழத் தீவு, வட்டப்பவழத்திட்டுக்கள்

atoll in Urdu

مرجانی جزیرہ

atoll in Bengali

island
আবতল abotol

atoll in Tagalog

island
karang
More languagesFewer languages
atoll in Malay
atol
atoll in Indonesian
atol
atoll in Persian
آبسنگ âb-sang
Dhivehi
އަތޮޅު atoḷu

Examples of atoll in a sentence

  • But the middle of the sea was scattered with thousands of small tropical islands and atolls.
  • Hsiyu (西嶼), or Fisher Island (漁翁島), is the second-biggest atoll of the Penghu Island chain.
  • Thus Scarborough Reef is actually a large atoll including South Rock and North Rock.

All 10 example sentences with atoll

Forms of atoll

pluralatolls

Plural of atoll: atolls

Origin of atoll

Borrowed from Portuguese atol, from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu), possibly from Prakrit *𑀲𑀁𑀢𑀻𑀞 (*saṃtīṭha), from Sanskrit सम्- (sam-) + तीर्थ (tīrtha) “level ford”. The traditional etymology from Persian آبتل (âb-tal, “water-hillock”) is unlikely.

Words formed from atoll

Phrases with atoll

Words that rhyme with atoll

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Questions about atoll

What does atoll mean?
Atoll means a type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform.
What is atoll in Tamil?
Atoll in Tamil is பவழத்தீவு, காயலைச்சூழ்ந்த பவழத் தீவு, வட்டப்பவழத்திட்டுக்கள். See Atoll meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is atoll?
Atoll is a noun.
How do you pronounce atoll?
Atoll is pronounced /ˈætɒl/ (UK).
What is the plural of atoll?
The plural of atoll is atolls.

Words near atoll in the dictionary

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  2. atokous
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  4. atole
  5. atoles
  6. atoll
  7. atoll fruit dove
  8. atoll fruit doves
  9. atolls
  10. atoltivimab
  11. atom

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Adapted from Wiktionary: atoll (page history and authors); atoll (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); atoll (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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