foiba

foiba
A deep sinkhole

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  • Foiba — (plural: foibas or foibe) is a type of deep natural sinkhole common in the Kras (Carso) region, a karstic plateau region shared by Italy, Slovenia and Croatia. The term may also refer to a deep wide chasm of a river at the place where in goes… …   Wikipedia

  • foiba — / fɔiba/ s.f. [dal friul. foibe, lat. fŏvea fossa ]. (geogr.) [cavità superficiale tipica delle regioni carsiche] ▶◀ ‖ inghiottitoio, smaltitoio. ⇑ crepaccio, dolina …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • foiba —    (Italian.)    1. A deep wide vertical cavity or the swallow point of a river at the beginning of its underground course.    2. A natural vertical shaft in soluble rock, tending toward cylindrical shape; it may or may not reach the surface. A… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • foiba — fòi·ba s.f. CO TS geol. depressione carsica a forma di imbuto costituita dalla fusione di più doline, al fondo della quale si apre un inghiottitoio, usata anche come fossa comune per occultare cadaveri di vittime di eventi bellici {{line}}… …   Dizionario italiano

  • foiba — {{hw}}{{foiba}}{{/hw}}s. f. Avvallamento a forma di imbuto, di origine carsica …   Enciclopedia di italiano

  • foiba — pl.f. foibe …   Dizionario dei sinonimi e contrari

  • foiba — s. f. 1. (geogr.) depressione, voragine, dolina, inghiottitoio 2. (st., durante la Seconda guera mondiale) fossa comune …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • Foibe massacres — The Foibe massacres were killings attributed to Yugoslav Partisans during and shortly after World War II in Istria. The name derives from a local geological feature, a type of deep karst sinkhole called a foiba [ [http://books.google.com/books?id …   Wikipedia

  • Il Cuore nel Pozzo — Infobox Film | name = Il Cuore nel Pozzo writer = starring = Beppe Fiorello, Leo Gullotta, Antonia Liskova, Dragan Bjelogrlić director = Alberto Negrin producer = RAI distributor = RAI released = runtime = language = Italian rating = N/A music =… …   Wikipedia

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