polje

noun

pol·​je

ˈpōlye

plural -s

: an extensive depression having a flat floor and steep walls but no outflowing surface stream and found in a region having karst topography (as in parts of Yugoslavia)

Word History

Etymology

Serbo-Croatian, literally, field; akin to Old Slavic polje field

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