drumlin

English

Diagram of drumlins showing direction of glacial drift.

Etymology

Irish droim 'back, ridge' + English dim. suffix -lin (variant of -ling)

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: drum‧lin
(GenAM) IPA^(key): [ˈdɹʌmlɪn]

Noun

drumlin (plural drumlins)

(geography) An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift.

Translations

An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift

Estonian: voor
Finnish: drumliini (fi)

Latvian: drumlins m
Russian: друмлин (ru) m (drumlin)

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