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From Serbo-Croatian.

ponor (plural ponors)

  1. (geology) A natural surface opening associated with karst.
    • 1981, Petar T. Milanović, Karst hydrogeology, page 168:
      As long as the total capacity q of the spring is smaller than the total capacity q2 of the ponor, no flooding of the polje will occur.
    • 2004, John Gunn, Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science, page 1283:
      The only permanent sea ponor in the world is the sea mill of Argostoli, located on Kefalonia Island in the Ionian Sea (Greece) (Glanz, 1965).
    • 2004, Petar Milanovic, Water Resources Engineering in Karst, page 22:
      Ponors are one of the symbol features of karst regions, and crucial features from a hydrogeological and geotechnical point of view.
    • 2018, Márton Veress, Glaciokarsts, page 203:
      The characteristic features of the ponors of glaciokarst mainly manifest in the fact that they were mostly formed in karstic depressions or in glacial erosional depressions.

opening where surface water enters underground

Deverbal from ponořit.

ponor m inan

  1. (nautical) the depth between the water line and the bottom of a vessel's hull, the draught

ponor m inan

  1. (geology) ponor (natural surface opening associated with karst)

ponor m inan

  1. Oreocallis (genus of plants)

pōnor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of pōnō

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ponor m animal

  1. (obsolete) worm
    Synonyms: czerw, robak

Serbo-Croatian ponorbor.

Polish ponor

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian ponor.

ponor m inan

  1. (geology) ponor (opening where surface water enters underground)
    Synonym: wchłon

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic поноръ (ponorŭ), from Proto-Slavic *nora (“abyss”). Compare Bulgarian понор (ponor), Serbo-Croatian ponor.

ponor n (plural ponoare)

  1. steep slope, abyss
  2. (geology) ponor

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ponorъ, from Proto-Slavic *nora.

pònor m inan (Cyrillic spelling по̀нор)

  1. (geology) ponor
  2. abyss
    Synonyms: ambis, bezdan
  3. precipice

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