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noria

[ nawr-ee-uh, nohr- ]

noun

  1. a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.


noria

/ ˈnɔːrɪə /

noun

  1. a water wheel with buckets attached to its rim for raising water from a stream into irrigation canals: common in Spain and the Orient
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of noria1

1785–95; < Spanish < Arabic nāʿūra
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Word History and Origins

Origin of noria1

C18: via Spanish from Arabic nā`ūra, from na`ara to creak
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Example Sentences

Marshal Philippe Petain, then a general and in command at Verdun, organised a system that was dubbed the "noria" - or waterwheel - under which divisions from the whole of the French army were rotated through.

From BBC

The evening glow was on the hills when we left the watercourses and followed a track that led between fields of full-bearded rye dotted with blood-red poppies towards a picturesque white-walled noria.

Protesters in other cities around the country have also been reportedly shouting: "We are sorry Hama - forgive us" and carrying model norias.

From BBC

In the mean time we got together all the spare ropes in the village, including one from the noria, and at eight o'clock the next morning we set out.

They are irrigated by means of the native alakati, or noria, or more often by air-motors, which in this locality are much in vogue.

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