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Noria

No′ri-a

(nō′rĭ-ȧ)
,
Noun.
[Sp., from Ar.
nā’ūra
.]
A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel.

Definition 2024


noria

noria

English

a noria

Noun

noria (plural norias)

  1. A water wheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
  2. Any machine using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct.

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French

Etymology

From Spanish noria, from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʿūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, water wheel; growler), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, to roar, growl, bray).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔʁja/

Noun

noria f (plural norias)

  1. noria

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʿūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, water wheel; growler), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, to roar, growl, bray).

Noun

noria f (plural norie)

  1. noria

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈno̞.ɾja̠]

Etymology

From Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʿūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, water wheel; growler), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, to roar, growl, bray).

Noun

noria f (plural norias)

  1. noria
  2. Ferris wheel

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