meander

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From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros) – a river in Asia Minor (present day Turkey) known for its winding course (modern Turkish Menderes).

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: mutka — one of the turns of a course
• German: Windung — one of the turns of a course
• Polish: zakole — one of the turns of a course
• Swedish: slingra — one of the turns of a course
• Bulgarian: кривуличене (krivuličene) — tortuous or intricate movement
• Finnish: kiemurtelu — tortuous or intricate movement
• French: méandre — tortuous or intricate movement
• Romanian: meandre — tortuous or intricate movement
• Basque: meandro — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Bulgarian: меа́ндър (meándǎr) — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Catalan: meandre — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Chinese Mandarin: 河套 (hétào) — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Czech: meandr — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Danish: mæander — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Dutch: meander — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Dutch: waterloop — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Estonian: meander — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Finnish: meanderi — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• French: méandre — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Galician: meandro — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• German: Flusswindung — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• German: Mäander — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• German: Flussschlinge — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• German: Flussbiegung — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Hungarian: kanyarulat — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Hungarian: meander — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Italian: meandro — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Latvian: meandrs — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Lithuanian: meandra — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Macedonian: меа́ндер (meánder) — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Norwegian Bokmål: meander — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Norwegian Nynorsk: meander — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Polish: meander — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Polish: zakole — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Portuguese: meandro — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Romanian: meandru — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Russian: меа́ндр (meándr) — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Serbo-Croatian: меандар — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Serbo-Croatian: meandar — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Slovak: meander — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Slovene: meander — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Spanish: meandro — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Swedish: meander — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Ukrainian: меа́ндр (meándr) — geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse
• Arabic: تَعَرَّجَ (taʕarraja) — to wind or turn
• Bulgarian: кривулича (krivuliča) — to wind or turn
• Czech: klikatit se — to wind or turn
• Czech: vinout se — to wind or turn
• Czech: kroutit se — to wind or turn
• Esperanto: serpentumi — to wind or turn
• Finnish: kiemurrella — to wind or turn
• Finnish: luikerrella — to wind or turn
• Finnish: polveilla — to wind or turn
• French: méandrer — to wind or turn
• German: sich schlängeln — to wind or turn
• German: mäandrieren — to wind or turn
• Irish: bí ag lúbarnaíl — to wind or turn
• Italian: spiegarsi — to wind or turn
• Italian: stendersi — to wind or turn
• Italian: avvilupparsi — to wind or turn
• Italian: dispiegarsi — to wind or turn
• Japanese: 迂曲 (ukyoku) — to wind or turn
• Japanese: うきょく — to wind or turn
• Māori: whakakoki — to wind or turn
• Māori: kōpiko — to wind or turn
• Māori: kōpikopiko — to wind or turn
• Norwegian Bokmål: meandrere — to wind or turn
• Polish: wić — to wind or turn
• Romanian: meandra — to wind or turn
• Scottish Gaelic: lùb — to wind or turn
• Finnish: taivutella — to make flexuous