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Schlei

Schlei proper noun: an estuary in Germany, in the region of Schleswig-Holstein.

Proper noun

Schlei

  1. An estuary in Germany, in the region of Schleswig-Holstein.

Origin of Schlei

Borrowed from German Schlei, found in Old Saxon as Slia (modern Low German Slie) and Old Danish as Slæ, compare slæe (“algae, seaweed”)," presumably related to Proto-Germanic *slīmą.

Questions about Schlei

What does Schlei mean?
Schlei means an estuary in Germany, in the region of Schleswig-Holstein.
What part of speech is Schlei?
Schlei is a proper noun.

Words near Schlei in the dictionary

  1. Schlees
  2. Schlegel diagram
  3. Schlegel diagrams
  4. Schlegelian
  5. schlegelite
  6. Schlei
  7. Schleicher
  8. Schleicher County
  9. Schleicherian
  10. Schleichers
  11. Schleif

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