sandbank

See also: Sandbank

English

Etymology

From sand +‎ bank. Compare Dutch zandbank (“sandbank, shoal”), German Sandbank (“sandbank, sandbar, shoal”), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Noun

sandbank (plural sandbanks)

A ridge of sand along a shore that is partially or totally submerged and thus a hazard to shipping.
Synonyms: sandbar, sandridge

Hypernyms: bar, shoal

Translations

ridge of sand

Breton: traezhenn (br) f
Bulgarian: пясъчна плитчина f (pjasǎčna plitčina)
Catalan: banc de sorra m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 沙洲 (zh) (shāzhōu)
Danish: sandbanke (da) c
Dutch: zandbank (nl)
French: banc de sable (fr)
Galician: barra (gl) f, banco de area m, restinga (gl) f, taro m
German: Sandbank (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: θίς m (thís)
Ido: sablostrato (io)
Igbo: ubòm
Irish: oitir f
Japanese: 砂州 (ja) (さす, sasu)
Korean: 사주(砂洲) (ko) (saju)
Latin: syrtis f
Maori: tāhuna, ranga, tāhuna onepū
Norman: banc d'sablion m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sandbanke m

Nynorsk: sandbanke m
Ottoman Turkish: قومسال‎ (kumsal)
Polish: ławica piaskowa f, mielizna (pl) f
Portuguese: banco de areia m
Punjabi: ਬਰੇਤਾ m (baretā)
Russian: ба́нка (ru) f (bánka), о́тмель (ru) f (ótmelʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: oitir f
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: prud (sh), prudište
Spanish: banco de arena m
Swedish: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Welsh: traethell f, banc tywod m

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