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from Hindi and Urdu: An acknowledged leader in a field, from the Mughal rulers of India like Akbar and Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. Maharaja from Hindi and Sanskrit: A great king. Mantra from Hindi and Sanskrit: a word or phrase used in meditation. Masala from Urdu, to refer to flavoured spices of Indian origin.
Word British English meanings Meanings common to British and American English American English meanings daddy longlegs, daddy-long-legs crane fly: daddy long-legs spider: Opiliones: dead (of a cup, glass, bottle or cigarette) empty, finished with very, extremely ("dead good", "dead heavy", "dead rich") deceased
The word jungle originates from the Sanskrit word jaṅgala (जङ्गल), meaning rough and arid. It came into the English language in the 18th century via the Hindustani word for forest (Hindi/Urdu: जङ्गल / جنگل) (Jangal). [1] [2] Jāṅgala has also been variously transcribed in English as jangal, jangla, jungal, and juṅgala.
Clough is a word in common use in northern England for a narrow valley with steep sides. [18] Gill is used to describe a ravine containing a mountain stream in Cumbria and the Pennines. [19] The term combe (also encountered as coombe) is widespread in southern England and describes a short valley set into a hillside. [20]
The land, once abundant with a dense and lush forest, was eventually transformed into pits and hillocks due to relentless mining activities. Scientists from the Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems (CEMDE) at the University of Delhi have reintroduced over 10 ecosystems, comprising more than 40 biotic communities.
The word was not endemic to the Romance languages, e.g., native words for forest in the Romance languages derived from the Latin silva, which denoted "forest" and "wood(land)" (cf. the English sylva and sylvan; the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese selva; the Romanian silvă; the Old French selve).
Perhaps the closest synonym is plant community, but vegetation can, and often does, refer to a wider range of spatial scales than that term does, including scales as large as the global. Primeval redwood forests , coastal mangrove stands, sphagnum bogs , desert soil crusts , roadside weed patches, wheat fields, cultivated gardens and lawns; all ...
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