Meaning Tarn
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TarnA small mountain lake that occurs inside a cirque basin.
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TarnA lake in the bedrock basin of a cirque.
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Tarnlate 14c., mid-13c. in Anglo-Latin, from Old Norse tjörn "small mountain lake without visible tributaries," from Proto-Germanic *terno, perhaps originally "water hole" [Barnhart]. [..]
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Tarnmountain lake formed by a melting glacier.
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Tarna small mountain lake in a cirque.
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Tarna lake in a corrie.
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Tarn(n) - a small, deep glacial lake located in a cirque and fed by runoff from the surrounding slopes
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TarnA bog or marsh. Can also be a mountain lake.
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Tarn(n) a mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers)
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TarnSmall lake left by the retreat of a glacier
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TarnSmall lake left by the retreat of a glacier. May fill a basin formed by a moraine dam or eroded by the glacier into bedrock.
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TarnA small rock-rimmed lake in an ice-gouged basin on the floor of a cirque or in a glaciated valley.
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(Northern England) A small mountain lake, especially in Northern England.
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Tarn A small mountain lake formed in a cirque excavated by a glacier.
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