chott

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chott

also shott or schott C0329300 (shŏt)n.1. The depression surrounding a salt marsh or lake, especially in North Africa.2. The bed of a dried salt marsh.
[French, from Arabic šaṭṭ, bank, coast, from šaṭṭa, to exceed, deviate; see śṭṭ in Semitic roots.]

chott

(ʃɒt) n (Physical Geography) a variant spelling of shott