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backwater

English

  1. 🔊 a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring
    “the country is an economic backwater”
  2. 🔊 a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam
    “the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 poza backwater
  2. 🔊 remanso backwater, still water (area of stagnant water)

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