# bahira

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A classification of sea inlet; a depression in the land flooded by the sea during the Holocene transgression and connected to the sea by a narrow passage.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic بَحْر (baḥr, “little sea”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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