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prettygoodwordbarchan - n., a crescent-shaped sand dune with the convex side in the direction of the prevailing wind.
A very common shape. In English since the 1880s, from Russian barkhán, which seems to have come from some Turkic word -- so, Central Asian not Arabic.
---L.
A very common shape. In English since the 1880s, from Russian barkhán, which seems to have come from some Turkic word -- so, Central Asian not Arabic.
---L.
