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bahira

bahira noun: a classification of sea inlet; a depression in the land flooded by the sea during the Holocene transgression and connected to the sea by a narrow passage.

Noun

bahira (plural bahiras)

  1. A classification of sea inlet; a depression in the land flooded by the sea during the Holocene transgression and connected to the sea by a narrow passage.
    • The Etang de Diana in Corsica is a bahira type of inlet.

Forms of bahira

pluralbahiras

Origin of bahira

Borrowed from Arabic بَحْر (baḥr, “little sea”).

Questions about bahira

What does bahira mean?
Bahira means a classification of sea inlet; a depression in the land flooded by the sea during the Holocene transgression and connected to the sea by a narrow passage.
What part of speech is bahira?
Bahira is a noun.
What is the plural of bahira?
The plural of bahira is bahiras.

Words near bahira in the dictionary

  1. Bahian
  2. bahianite
  3. Bahians
  4. Bahile
  5. Bahima
  6. bahira
  7. bahiras
  8. bahishti
  9. bahishtis
  10. bahisti
  11. bahistis

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