polje

/ (ˈpəʊljɛ) /

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noun

geography a large elliptical depression in karst regions, sometimes containing a marsh or small lake

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Word Origin for polje

Serbo-Croat, literally: field; related to floor

Words nearby polje

politicking, politico, politics, Politics makes strange bedfellows, polity, polje, Polk, polka, polka dot, Polk, James K., poll

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How to use polje in a sentence

We were defending a polje—one of their high mountain valleys, against a Beg and his troops.
The Marriage of William Ashe|Mrs. Humphry Ward
In 1738 they rebelled, again to be defeated in the scene of their national trauma, in Kosovo Polje.
After the Rain|Sam Vaknin