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estuary

 
 
/ˈestjʊəri/ noun [C]

Translation

the wide part of a river where it goes into the sea
haliç, nehir ağzı
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(Definition of estuary noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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