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A reef formed by compacted coral skeletons
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: reef
Narrower terms: atoll, barrier reef, key, cay, Florida key, Great Barrier Reef
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Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Assamese:
প্ৰবাল প্ৰাচীৰ
(probal prasir)
— mound or hummock of coral
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West Coast Bajau:
takat
— mound or hummock of coral
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Bengali:
প্রবাল প্রাচীর
(probal pracir)
— mound or hummock of coral
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Bhojpuri:
मूंगा चट्टान
(mūṅgā caṭṭān)
— mound or hummock of coral
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Burmese:
သန္တာကျောက်တန်း
(santa-kyauktan:)
— mound or hummock of coral
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Chinese Mandarin:
珊瑚礁
(shānhújiāo)
— mound or hummock of coral
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Czech:
korálový útes
— mound or hummock of coral
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Dutch:
koraalrif
— mound or hummock of coral
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Finnish:
koralliriutta
— mound or hummock of coral
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French:
récif corallien
— mound or hummock of coral
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German:
Korallenriff
— mound or hummock of coral
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German:
Korallenbank
— mound or hummock of coral
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Greek:
κοραλλιογενής ύφαλος
(koralliogenís ýfalos)
— mound or hummock of coral
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Gujarati:
પરવળાનો ટાપુ
(parvaḷāno ṭāpu)
— mound or hummock of coral
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Hindi:
मूँगा चट्टान
(mūṅgā caṭṭān)
— mound or hummock of coral
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Hungarian:
korallzátony
— mound or hummock of coral
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Italian:
barriera corallina
— mound or hummock of coral
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Japanese:
珊瑚礁
(sangoshō)
— mound or hummock of coral
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Korean:
산호초
(sanhocho)
— mound or hummock of coral
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Malay:
terumbu karang
— mound or hummock of coral
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Māori:
ākau kāoa
— mound or hummock of coral
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Marathi:
प्रवाळाची बेट
(pravāḷācī beṭ)
— mound or hummock of coral
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Norwegian Bokmål:
korallrev
— mound or hummock of coral
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
korallrev
— mound or hummock of coral
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Persian:
آبسنگ مرجانی
(âbsang-e marjâni)
— mound or hummock of coral
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Portuguese:
recife/arrecife de coral/corais
— mound or hummock of coral
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Punjabi:
ਮੂੰਗਾ ਚਟਾਨ
(mūṅgā caṭān)
— mound or hummock of coral
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Russian:
кора́лловый риф
(korállovyj rif)
— mound or hummock of coral
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Serbo-Croatian:
koraljni greben
— mound or hummock of coral
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Slovene:
korálni grebén
— mound or hummock of coral
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Spanish:
arrecife de coral
— mound or hummock of coral
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Swedish:
korallrev
— mound or hummock of coral
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Tagalog:
bahura
— mound or hummock of coral
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Ternate:
nyare
— mound or hummock of coral
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Thai:
พืดหินปะการัง
(pʉ̂ʉt-hǐn-bpà-gaa-rang)
— mound or hummock of coral
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Turkish:
mercan resifi
— mound or hummock of coral
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Ottoman Turkish:
شاب
(şab)
— mound or hummock of coral
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Vietnamese:
rạn san hô
— mound or hummock of coral
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Volapük:
korialakliped
— mound or hummock of coral
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Volapük:
korialanedibäd
— mound or hummock of coral