polynya

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pə(ʊ)ˈlɪnjə/
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• General-American: /pəˈlɪnjə/
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• General-American: /ˌpɑlənˈjɑ/
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Borrowed from Russian полынья́ (polynʹjá, “polynya”) in the 1850s, from Middle Russian полыньѧ (polynʹja) (att. in 1639), from полыи (polyi, “open from above, uncovered; hollow”), whence also Russian полый (polyj, “hollow”), from Old East Slavic полъ (polŭ, “uncovered”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh2- (“flat”). The rare plural form polynyi is borrowed from Russian полыньи́ (polynʹí).

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bashkir: йылыу (yılıw) — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Bashkir: ҡаран (qaran) — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Belarusian: пало́нка (palónka) — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Chinese Mandarin: 冰洞 (bīngdòng) — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Chinese Mandarin: 冰湖 (bīnghú) — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Chinese Mandarin: 冰窟窿 (bīngkūlong) — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Chinese Mandarin: 冰穴 (bīngxué) — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Chinese Mandarin: 冰沼湖 (bīngzhǎohú) — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Czech: polynie — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Danish: våge — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Dutch: wakvlakte — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Estonian: lahvandus — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Finnish: polinja — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• French: polynia — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• German: Wake — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• German: Polynja — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Hindi: पॉलीन्या (pŏlīnyā) — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Icelandic: vök — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Italian: polynja — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Japanese: ポリニヤ (poriniya) — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Japanese: 氷湖 (hyōko) — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Korean: 빙호 (bingho) — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Norwegian Bokmål: polynja — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Norwegian Bokmål: våk — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Norwegian Nynorsk: polynja — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vok — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Polish: połynia — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Polish: płoń — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Russian: полынья́ (polynʹjá) — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Russian: лу́нка (lúnka) — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Russian: про́рубь (prórubʹ) — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Russian: прота́лина (protálina) — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Serbo-Croatian: polinija — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Spanish: polinia — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Swedish: polynja — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Swedish: vak — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Turkish: polinya — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Ukrainian: ополо́нка (opolónka) — area of open water surrounded by sea ice
• Ukrainian: поло́нка (polónka) — area of open water surrounded by sea ice