bund
Water-controlling levee
A bund is an embankment or dike, especially one built along a waterfront or to control flooding.
The term comes from German and appears in South Asian English for levees and embankments along rivers: The bund protected the village from monsoon floods.
In financial contexts, a Bund (often capitalized even in English) refers to a German government bond. (Capitalized Bund is a political federation or organization.)
levee
River flood barrier
floodwall · causeway · earthwork · mound · ridge · bank · barrier · dam · flood control · water management
- bondsbond, corporate bond, corporate bonds, government bond, municipal bond
- rice farmingpaddy field, rice paddy, paddies, flooded field, rice cultivation
- Indian Waterstepwell, tank, canal, irrigation canal, check dam
- sovereign debtsovereign debt, government bonds, national debt, treasury notes, T-bills
- water systemswater pipes, water pipe, water storage, water line, irrigation ditches
- Rice farming areaspaddy, rice paddy, flooded field, irrigation canal, seedbed
organizational cohesion
bunddiaspora
Scattered population sharing origins
dispersion · disorganization · fragmentation · dissolution · individualism