transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈlü-vē-ən ]
noun
Etymology: Latin alluvion-, alluvio, from alluere to flow past, deposit (of water), from ad- + lavere to wash — more at lye
Date: 1536
1. : the wash or flow of water against a shore
2. : flood , inundation
3. : alluvium
4. : an accession to land by the gradual addition of matter (as by deposit of alluvium) that then belongs to the owner of the land to which it is added ; also : the land so added