liman

[ li-mahn, -man ]

/ lɪˈmɑn, -ˈmæn /

a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.

an area of mud or silt deposited near the mouth of a river.

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What does “Indigenous” mean?

1855–60; <Russian limán estuary, coastal salt lake <Turkish or Crimean Tatar <Medieval Greek liménion,liménas (compare Greek limḗn harbor)

The current cycle of strong women on TV, Liman says, may have a certain Secretary of State to thank.
Action Heroes in Heels|Shannon Donnelly|August 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Liman, meanwhile, sees it as a rejection of the precedent of the way women have often been portrayed in media.
Action Heroes in Heels|Shannon Donnelly|August 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Casper and Liman approach the subject with almost equal disgust, but with more regard for scientific truth than Tardieu.
A Problem in Modern Ethics|John Addington Symonds
We knew Abdul could never, never, never break through our lines, and drive us—as Liman von Sanders had boasted—into the sea.
Trooper Bluegum at the Dardanelles|Oliver Hogue

It is not enough to have a steamer on the liman of the Dniestr, unless one has also the means of making use of it.
Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c.|Xavier Hommaire de Hell
Birdie has fairly taken the fighting edge off Liman von Sanders' two new Divisions: he has knocked them to bits.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
We laughed at the Turks, and we smiled at what Liman von Sanders said—that he would drive us into the sea.
Trooper Bluegum at the Dardanelles|Oliver Hogue