bahira

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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.

“The Etang de Diana in Corsica is a bahira type of inlet.”

OriginArabic بَحْر →
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Meanings

nounbahira (plural bahiras)

plural bahiras

  1. geographyA 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.

Origin

  1. Arabicبَحْر“little sea”
  2. Englishbahira

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

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APA

bahira. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bahira

MLA

“bahira.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bahira. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bahira,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bahira.

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