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deltă
delta (river delta) /ˈdel.tə/
noun#5224 most common
Also: the Greek letter delta (Δ), delta wing (as in a hang glider)
Example sentences
Delta Dunării este în România.
The Danube Delta is in Romania.
Turiștii vizitează delta vara.
Tourists visit the delta in summer.
Delta Dunării este cea mai mare zonă umedă din Europa.
The Danube Delta is the largest wetland in Europe.
Localnicii din deltă trăiesc în principal din pescuit și turism.
The locals in the delta live mainly on fishing and tourism.
Ecosistemul deltei este extrem de fragil și trebuie protejat cu strictețe.
The delta's ecosystem is extremely fragile and must be strictly protected.
Dinamica sedimentară a deltei, modelată de interacțiunea dintre debitul fluvial și curenții marini, îi conferă un caracter geomorfologic unic.
The delta's sedimentary dynamics, shaped by the interaction between river flow and marine currents, give it a unique geomorphological character.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | deltă | delte |
| Genitive | deltei | deltelor |
| Accusative | deltă | delte |
| Vocative | delto | deltelor |
Word family
deltaicdeltaic, relating to a river delta
deltoiddeltoid muscle; triangular in shape
deltaplanhang glider
deltaplanisthang glider pilot
Etymology
Deltă comes from the Greek letter delta (Δ), whose triangular shape gave its name to the Nile's mouth as early as the writings of Herodotus. Greek took the letter name from the Phoenician alphabet, where the sign was called daleth. Romanian borrowed the geographic sense of the word from French in the modern era, along with many other scientific and geographic terms. The shape, not the sound, is what ties the letter, the muscle, and the landform together.
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