argine

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin argerem, from Latin aggerem (rubble; mound; rampart).

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Noun

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argine m (plural argini)

  1. bank (of a river)
  2. embankment, dyke
    L'argine che blocca il fiume è molto largo.
    The dam blocking the river is very wide.

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