liman

[ li-mahn, -man ]

/ lɪˈmɑn, -ˈmæn /

a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.

an area of mud or silt deposited near the mouth of a river.

Origin of liman

1855–60; < Russian limán estuary, coastal salt lake < Turkish or Crimean Tatar < Medieval Greek liménion, liménas (compare Greek limḗn harbor)

lim fjord, lim., lima, lima bean, limacine, liman, limassol, limavady, limaçon, limb, limb bud

The current cycle of strong women on TV, Liman says, may have a certain Secretary of State to thank.

Action Heroes in Heels |Shannon Donnelly |August 23, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Liman, meanwhile, sees it as a rejection of the precedent of the way women have often been portrayed in media.

Action Heroes in Heels |Shannon Donnelly |August 23, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Casper and Liman approach the subject with almost equal disgust, but with more regard for scientific truth than Tardieu.

A Problem in Modern Ethics |John Addington Symonds
We knew Abdul could never, never, never break through our lines, and drive us—as Liman von Sanders had boasted—into the sea.

Trooper Bluegum at the Dardanelles |Oliver Hogue

It is not enough to have a steamer on the liman of the Dniestr, unless one has also the means of making use of it.

Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. |Xavier Hommaire de Hell
Birdie has fairly taken the fighting edge off Liman von Sanders' two new Divisions: he has knocked them to bits.

Gallipoli Diary, Volume I |Ian Hamilton
We laughed at the Turks, and we smiled at what Liman von Sanders said—that he would drive us into the sea.

Trooper Bluegum at the Dardanelles |Oliver Hogue