riverbend

English

Alternative forms

• river bend

Etymology

From river +‎ bend.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: rĭvʹər-bĕnd' IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪvɚˌbɛnd/

Noun

riverbend (plural riverbends)

1. A knee or meander in a river.

Synonyms

• knee, river knee
• meander

Translations

knee or meander in a river

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 河灣 / 河湾 (zh) (héwān)

• Finnish: joenmutka
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Flussbiegung
• Khanty:

  Eastern: мехи (mjehi), мэхи (mehi)

• Polish: zakole (pl) n
• Russian: изги́б реки́ m (izgíb rekí), излу́чина (ru) f (izlúčina), коле́но реки́ n (koléno rekí), (Siberian) муч (ru) m (muč)
• Selkup:

  Northern: мӯт

  Southern: муч (muč)

See also

• Hequ