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| has gloss | (noun) a narrow pass (especially one between mountains) defile, gorge |
| has gloss | eng: Defile is a geographic term for a narrow pass or gorge between mountains or hills. It has its origins as a military description of a pass through which troops can march only in a narrow column or with a narrow front. On emerging from a defile (or something similar) into open country, soldiers are said to "debouch". |
| lexicalization | eng: defile |
| lexicalization | eng: gorge |
| subclass of | (noun) the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; "we got through the pass before it started to snow" mountain pass, notch, pass |
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| Bulgarian | |
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| lexicalization | bul: дефиле |
| Catalan | |
| lexicalization | cat: congost |
| Chamicuro | |
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| lexicalization | ccc: yeepachajpi |
| Mandarin Chinese | |
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| lexicalization | cmn: e |
| lexicalization | cmn: 阨 |
| German | |
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| lexicalization | deu: Engpaß |
| Esperanto | |
| lexicalization | epo: interkrutejo |
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| lexicalization | epo: montpasejo |
| Finnish | |
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| lexicalization | fin: sola |
| French | |
| lexicalization | fra: col |
| Galician | |
| lexicalization | glg: gorxa |
| Serbo-Croatian | |
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| lexicalization | hbs: tesnac |
| lexicalization | hbs: tjesnac |
| lexicalization | hbs: теснац |
| lexicalization | hbs: тјеснац |
| Hungarian | |
| lexicalization | hun: hegyszoros |
| Norwegian | |
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| lexicalization | nor: strupe |
| Northern Sami | |
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| lexicalization | sme: ávži |
| Castilian | |
| has gloss | spa: Se denomina desfiladero a una abertura angosta y alargada formada por la erosión fluvial antigua en terrenos calizos o kársticos y al que, después, el agua llega a abandonar el cauce, dejándolo seco, como sucede en el canal de desagüe de muchos torrentes, en barrancos o en muchas ramblas de corto recorrido. Es una forma menor del relieve. |
| lexicalization | spa: Desfiladero |
| Serbian | |
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| lexicalization | srp: bogaz |
| lexicalization | srp: богаз |
| Spanish Sign Language | |
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| lexicalization | ssp: th.eãmicb |
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| similar | e/Defile (geography) |
| Media | |
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| media:img | Desfiladero C Encantada.jpg |
| media:img | Défilé de l'Ecluse.jpg |
| media:img | Petra Jordan BW 22.JPG |
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