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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieshondonada
Pronunciation / Transliteration: on-do-ˈna-da
"El agua de lluvia se acumuló en la hondonada."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A low or hollow place, especially a marshy or depressed tract of land between ridges.
"Water collected in the natural swale after the heavy spring rain." - 2
A shallow, vegetated channel designed to manage stormwater runoff, filter pollutants, and reduce peak flow.
"The landscape architect designed a bioswale along the parking lot to filter runoff."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English 'swalue' or 'swalwe', meaning a shady place or a depression, related to Old Norse and Germanic roots. Historically used in dialect to describe low-lying tracts of land, marshes, or shallow depressions, the term has been modernly adopted in civil engineering and landscape architecture for water management features.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Swale" is said worldwide
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vallon
Transliteration: va-lɔ̃
"L'eau s'est accumulée dans le vallon."
Mulde
Transliteration: mʊldə
"Das Regenwasser sammelte sich in der natürlichen Mulde."
avvallamento
Transliteration: av-val-la-ˈmen-to
"L'acqua piovana si è raccolta nell'avvallamento."
hondonada
Transliteration: on-do-ˈna-da
"El agua de lluvia se acumuló en la hondonada."
depressão
Transliteration: de-pre-ˈsãw
"A água da chuva acumulou-se na depressão do terreno."
गड्ढा
Transliteration: gadhdha
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"भारी बारिश के बाद पानी गड्ढे में जमा हो गया।"
低地
Transliteration: dī dì
Script: 中文汉字
"雨水积聚在草地间的低地里。"
습지골
Transliteration: seup-ji-gol
Script: 한국어 한글
"폭우 후에 물이 습지골에 고였다."
凹地
Transliteration: kubomichi
Script: 日本語
"大雨の後、凹地に水が溜まった。"
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