Winterbourne

//ˈwɪntəbɔːn//

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Finnish

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  • talvella virtaava joki noun (stream that only flows in winter or after wet weather)

Macedonian

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  • зи́мска ре́ка noun (stream that only flows in winter or after wet weather)
  • зи́мски по́ток noun (stream that only flows in winter or after wet weather)

Welsh

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  • gaeafnant noun (stream that only flows in winter or after wet weather)
  • nant hafesb noun (stream that only flows in winter or after wet weather)

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[F]rom the graveyard itself burst up one of those noble springs known as winter-bournes in the chalk ranges, which, awakened in autumn from the abysses to which it had shrunk during the summer's drought, was hurrying down upon its six months' course, a broad sheet of oily silver, over a temporary channel of smooth green sward.

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The stream is a winterbourne - it flows only in winter or other periods of high rainfall and is usually dry in summer.

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