From Latin aestuarium ( “ creek”, “estuary of a river ” ) .
( UK ) IPA (key ) : /ˈɛstjʊəɹi/ , /ˈɛst͡ʃʊəɹi/ , /ˈɛst͡ʃəɹi/ ( US ) IPA (key ) : /ˈɛst͡ʃuˌɛɹi/ estuary (plural estuaries
Estuary on Roggenplaat island A coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.
1953 Railway Magazine , page 82 :The railway then follows the widening estuary of the river, which at high tide has the appearance of a lake, but at low water presents a rather cheerless expanse of dark mud.
2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail , page 65 :There's something special about tidal estuaries , due to the abundance of wildlife and the ever-changing scenes as the water ebbs or rises. Throw in some moody skies and filtered sunlight, and the views can resemble a painting by Turner - only you don't have to go to the National Gallery to see this, it's brought to your seat on a train.
An ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water. place where ocean tides and river water merge
Afrikaans: estuarium
Albanian: deltë (sq) f
Arabic: مَصَبّ m ( maṣabb ) , فُغْرَة f ( fuḡra ) , خَوْر m ( ḵawr )
Armenian: գետաբերան (hy) ( getaberan )
Azerbaijani: çay ağzı mənsəb (az)
Basque: estuario
Belarusian: эстуа́рый m ( estuáryj ) , ву́сце n ( vúscje )
Bengali: মোহনা (bn) ( mōhona )
Bulgarian: естуа́р m ( estuár )
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: estuari (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 河口 (zh) ( hékǒu ) , 出海口 ( chūhǎikǒu ) , 入海口 (zh) ( rùhǎikǒu )
Classical Nahuatl: amaitl
Czech: ústí (cs) n
Danish: æstuarium n
Dutch: estuarium (nl) n
Esperanto: estuaro
Estonian: estuaar lehtersuue
Faroese: ósi m áarósi m
Finnish: murtovesi (fi) , murtovesialue estuaari (fi)
French: estuaire (fr) m
Galician: esteiro (gl) m ría (gl) f
Georgian: ესტუარი ( esṭuari )
German: Ästuar (de) n Flussmündung (de) f Mündungsgebiet n
Greek: εκβολή (el) f ( ekvolí ) , κολπίσκος (el) m ( kolpískos )
Hawaiian: muliwai
Hungarian: tölcsértorkolat (hu)
Icelandic: ármynni n árós f ós f
Ido: estuario (io)
Indonesian: estuari (id)
Iranun: penggak
Irish: inbhir m
Italian: estuario (it) m
Japanese: 河口 (ja) ( かこう kakō )
Kannada: ನದೀಮುಖ (kn) ( nadīmukha )
Korean: 삼각강(三角江) ( samgakgang ) , 하구(河口) (ko) ( hagu ) , 강어귀 ( gang'eogwi )
Latin: aestuārium n
Latvian: grīva (lv) f estuārijs m
Lithuanian: estuarija f
Macedonian: естуар m ( estuar )
Malay: muara
Manx: inver
Maori: pūaha pūwaha pūahatanga wahapū
Norwegian:
Bokmål: estuar n
Nynorsk: estuar n
Occitan: estuari (oc) m
Ottoman Turkish: لیمان ( liman )
Persian: مصب (fa) ( masabb ) , پایرود ( pây-rôd ) , خور (fa) ( xowr )
Polish: estuarium (pl) n ujście (pl) n
Portuguese: estuário (pt) m
Romanian: estuar (ro) n
Russian: эстуа́рий (ru) m ( estuárij ) , у́стье (ru) n ( ústʹje )
Scottish Gaelic: inbhir m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: естуариј m естуар m
Roman: estuarij (sh) m estuar m
Slovak: ústie n
Slovene: estuarij (sl) m
Spanish: estuario m
Swedish: estuarium n estuarie
Tagalog: wawa
Thai: ปากน้ำ (th) ( bpàak-náam )
Turkish: haliç (tr)
Ukrainian: естуа́рій m ( estuárij ) , у́стя n ( ústja ) , ги́рло (uk) n ( hýrlo )
Vietnamese: cửa sông (vi)
Welsh: aber (cy)
West Coast Bajau: boa' soang
an ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water
