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alluvium

noun

al·​lu·​vi·​um ə-ˈlü-vē-əm How to pronounce alluvium (audio)
plural alluviums or alluvia ə-ˈlü-vē-ə How to pronounce alluvium (audio)
: clay, silt, sand, gravel, or similar detrital material deposited by running water

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Scott traces their advent to a few hundred years later, in a constellation of cities that sprang up on the Mesopotamian alluvium around what was then the northern end of the Persian Gulf. Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 12 Mar. 2020 Scott traces their advent to a few hundred years later, in a constellation of cities that sprang up on the Mesopotamian alluvium around what was then the northern end of the Persian Gulf. Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 12 Mar. 2020 Scott traces their advent to a few hundred years later, in a constellation of cities that sprang up on the Mesopotamian alluvium around what was then the northern end of the Persian Gulf. Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 12 Mar. 2020 Scott traces their advent to a few hundred years later, in a constellation of cities that sprang up on the Mesopotamian alluvium around what was then the northern end of the Persian Gulf. Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 12 Mar. 2020 Scott traces their advent to a few hundred years later, in a constellation of cities that sprang up on the Mesopotamian alluvium around what was then the northern end of the Persian Gulf. Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 12 Mar. 2020 Scott traces their advent to a few hundred years later, in a constellation of cities that sprang up on the Mesopotamian alluvium around what was then the northern end of the Persian Gulf. Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 12 Mar. 2020 Scott traces their advent to a few hundred years later, in a constellation of cities that sprang up on the Mesopotamian alluvium around what was then the northern end of the Persian Gulf. Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 12 Mar. 2020 These waters carried debris called alluvium, that makes up the Delta's fertile soil. Richard Mason, Arkansas Online, 23 May 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin, alteration of Latin alluvio

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of alluvium was in 1810

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