r 1 a 1 v 4 i 1 n 1 e 1
6 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water)
originBorrowed from French ravin (“a gully”), from Old French raviner (“to pillage, sweep down, cascade”), from ravine (“robbery, rapine; violent rush of water, waterfall, avalanche; impetuosity, spirit”), from Latin rapīna (cf. rapine).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0