See also: Atoll

English

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Satellite picture of the Atafu atoll in Tokelau in the Pacific Ocean
 
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese atol, from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu), possibly from Prakrit *𑀲𑀁𑀢𑀻𑀞 (*saṃtīṭha), from Sanskrit *संतीर्थ (saṃtīrtha, level ford).[1] The traditional etymology from Persian آب‌تل (âb-tal, water-hillock) is unlikely.

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atoll (plural atolls)

  1. A type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform.

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: atol
  • Dutch: atol
    • Indonesian: atol
  • Finnish: atolli
  • French: atoll
  • German: Atoll
  • Irish: atall
  • Italian: atollo
  • Lithuanian: atolas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: atoll
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: atoll
  • Polish: atol

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  1. ^ Jost Gippert (2013) “An Outline of the History of Maldivian Writing”, in Shu-Fen Chen, Benjamin Slade, editors, Grammatica et verba: Glamor and verve: Studies in South Asian, historical, and Indo-European linguistics in honor of Hans Henrich Hock, Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, page 88.

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Crimean Tatar

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Borrowed from Russian атолл (atoll).

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atoll

  1. atoll

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French

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Borrowed from English atoll, from Portuguese atol, from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu).

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Noun

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atoll m (plural atolls)

  1. atoll

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Malé in the Maldives, built on an atoll

Etymology

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Borrowed from English atoll, from Portuguese atol, from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu).

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atoll m (definite singular atollen, indefinite plural atoller, definite plural atollene)

  1. an atoll

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Borrowed from English atoll, from Portuguese atol, from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu).

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atoll m (definite singular atollen, indefinite plural atollar, definite plural atollane)

  1. an atoll

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Swedish

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atoll c

  1. atoll

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