ravine

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹæv(ɪ)n/
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• răvʹən
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• General-American: /ˈɹæv(ə)n/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɹəˈviːn/
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• General-American: /ɹəˈvin/
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See ravin.

Borrowed from French ravin (“a gully”), from Old French raviner (“to pillage, sweep down, cascade”), from ravine (“robbery, rapine; violent rush of water, waterfall, avalanche; impetuosity, spirit”), from Latin rapīna (cf. rapine).

134 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kloof — a deep narrow valley
• Afrikaans: ravyn — a deep narrow valley
• Arabic: وَهْدَة (wahda) — a deep narrow valley
• Aragonese: canyada — a deep narrow valley
• Armenian: ձոր (jor) — a deep narrow valley
• Aromanian: arãpã — a deep narrow valley
• Azerbaijani: qobu — a deep narrow valley
• Belarusian: яр (jar) — a deep narrow valley
• Belarusian: раўча́к (rawčák) — a deep narrow valley
• Belarusian: цясні́на (cjasnína) — a deep narrow valley
• Bulgarian: проло́м (prolóm) — a deep narrow valley
• Bulgarian: дефиле́ (defilé) — a deep narrow valley
• Catalan: gorja — a deep narrow valley
• Catalan: congost — a deep narrow valley
• Chinese Mandarin: 山溝 /山沟 (shāngōu) — a deep narrow valley
• Chuvash: вар (var) — a deep narrow valley
• Chuvash: ҫырма (śyrma) — a deep narrow valley
• Coptic: ϧⲉⲗⲗⲟⲧ (xellot) — a deep narrow valley
• Coptic: ⲭⲓⲙⲁⲣⲟⲥ (khimaros) — a deep narrow valley
• Coptic: ⲙⲟⲩⲛ̀ⲥⲱⲣⲉⲙ (mouǹsōrem) — a deep narrow valley
• Czech: rokle — a deep narrow valley
• Czech: strž — a deep narrow valley
• Czech: roklina — a deep narrow valley
• Danish: slugt — a deep narrow valley
• Danish: ravine — a deep narrow valley
• Dutch: ravijn — a deep narrow valley
• Dutch: kloofdal — a deep narrow valley
• Esperanto: ravino — a deep narrow valley
• Finnish: rotko — a deep narrow valley
• French: ravin — a deep narrow valley
• Galician: valgada — a deep narrow valley
• Galician: quenllada — a deep narrow valley
• Galician: cal — a deep narrow valley
• Galician: cavorco — a deep narrow valley
• Galician: corgo — a deep narrow valley
• Galician: vaganta — a deep narrow valley
• Galician: caivanca — a deep narrow valley
• Galician: bioca — a deep narrow valley
• Georgian: ხრამი (xrami) — a deep narrow valley
• Georgian: ხევი (xevi) — a deep narrow valley
• German: Schlucht — a deep narrow valley
• German: Klamm — a deep narrow valley
• Greek: φαράγγι (farángi) — a deep narrow valley
• Greek: ρεματιά (rematiá) — a deep narrow valley
• Greek: λαγκάδι (lagkádi) — a deep narrow valley
• Ancient Greek: φάραγξ (pháranx) — a deep narrow valley
• Hungarian: szurdok — a deep narrow valley
• Irish: ailt — a deep narrow valley
• Irish: altán — a deep narrow valley
• Italian: canalone — a deep narrow valley
• Italian: burrone — a deep narrow valley
• Italian: gola — a deep narrow valley
• Italian: calanco — a deep narrow valley
• Italian: forra — a deep narrow valley
• Italian: gravina — a deep narrow valley
• Japanese: 渓谷 (keikoku) — a deep narrow valley
• Japanese: 峡谷 (kyōkoku) — a deep narrow valley
• Javanese: curah — a deep narrow valley
• Javanese: jrongan — a deep narrow valley
• Javanese: judhag — a deep narrow valley
• Javanese: jurang — a deep narrow valley
• Javanese: parung — a deep narrow valley
• Komi-Zyrian: нюкӧс (ńukös) — a deep narrow valley
• Komi-Zyrian: кырӧм (kyröm) — a deep narrow valley
• Korean: 협곡 (hyeopgok) — a deep narrow valley
• Korean: 산골짜기 (san'goljjagi) — a deep narrow valley
• Korean: 골짜기 (goljjagi) — a deep narrow valley
• Kyrgyz: кобу (kobu) — a deep narrow valley
• Latin: convallis — a deep narrow valley
• Lingala: libélá — a deep narrow valley
• Macedonian: клисура (klisura) — a deep narrow valley
• Malay: jurang — a deep narrow valley
• Māori: parari — a deep narrow valley
• Māori: āpiti — a deep narrow valley
• Māori: kōaka — a deep narrow valley
• Māori: haemanga — a deep narrow valley
• Eastern Mari: корем (korem) — a deep narrow valley
• Western Mari: карем (karem) — a deep narrow valley
• Western Mari: лидӹ (ĺidÿ) — a deep narrow valley
• Middle English: clough — a deep narrow valley
• Norwegian Bokmål: slukt — a deep narrow valley
• Norwegian Nynorsk: slukt — a deep narrow valley
• Occitan: barranc — a deep narrow valley
• Plautdietsch: Kluft — a deep narrow valley
• Plautdietsch: Schlucht — a deep narrow valley
• Polish: wąwóz — a deep narrow valley
• Polish: jar — a deep narrow valley
• Portuguese: ravina — a deep narrow valley
• Portuguese: barranco — a deep narrow valley
• Romanian: ravenă — a deep narrow valley
• Romanian: râpă — a deep narrow valley
• Russian: овра́г (ovrág) — a deep narrow valley
• Russian: лощи́на (loščína) — a deep narrow valley
• Russian: уще́лье (uščélʹje) — a deep narrow valley
• Russian: ложби́на (ložbína) — a deep narrow valley
• Russian: промо́ина (promóina) — a deep narrow valley
• Russian: буера́к (bujerák) — a deep narrow valley
• Russian: байра́к (bajrák) — a deep narrow valley
• Russian: яр (jar) — a deep narrow valley
• Sango: ngöröngbö — a deep narrow valley
• Serbo-Croatian: ја̀руга — a deep narrow valley
• Serbo-Croatian: клѝсура — a deep narrow valley
• Serbo-Croatian: тѐснац — a deep narrow valley
• Serbo-Croatian: тјѐснац — a deep narrow valley
• Serbo-Croatian: jàruga — a deep narrow valley
• Serbo-Croatian: klìsura — a deep narrow valley
• Serbo-Croatian: tèsnac — a deep narrow valley
• Serbo-Croatian: tjèsnac — a deep narrow valley
• Slovak: roklina — a deep narrow valley
• Slovak: strž — a deep narrow valley
• Old Slovak: debra — a deep narrow valley
• Slovene: soteska — a deep narrow valley
• Slovene: vintgar — a deep narrow valley
• Southern Altai: кобы (kobï) — a deep narrow valley
• Spanish: barranco — a deep narrow valley
• Spanish: cañada — a deep narrow valley
• Swahili: bonde — a deep narrow valley
• Swedish: ravin — a deep narrow valley
• Tagalog: kalugay — a deep narrow valley
• Tagalog: bangin — a deep narrow valley
• Tagalog: galili — a deep narrow valley
• Turkish: kanyon — a deep narrow valley
• Turkish: vadi — a deep narrow valley
• Ottoman Turkish: بوغاز (boğaz) — a deep narrow valley
• Ottoman Turkish: دره (dere) — a deep narrow valley
• Udmurt: нюк (ńuk) — a deep narrow valley
• Udmurt: вукырем (vukyrem) — a deep narrow valley
• Udmurt: кырем (kyrem) — a deep narrow valley
• Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎍𐎋 (mlk) — a deep narrow valley
• Ukrainian: яр (jar) — a deep narrow valley
• Ukrainian: уще́лина (uščélyna) — a deep narrow valley
• Ukrainian: падь (padʹ) — a deep narrow valley
• Ukrainian: яру́га (jarúha) — a deep narrow valley
• Ukrainian: байра́к (bajrák) — a deep narrow valley