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euripus.

A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide or a current flows and reflows with violence, like the ancient firth of this name between Euboea and Boeotia.

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Meaning & usage

noun/jəˈɹaɪpəs/
  1. A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide or a current flows and reflows with violence, like the ancient firth of this name between Euboea and Boeotia.

  2. A flux and reflux.

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Where this word comes from

From Latin eurīpus, from Ancient Greek εὔριπος (eúripos); from εὖ (eû, “well”) + ῥιπή (rhipḗ, “rushing motion”).

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