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acqua_alta

acqua alta

English

Noun

acqua alta ‎(uncountable)

A phenomenon that regularly occurs in the city of Venice, Italy, typically during high and spring tide, involving the flooding of the most low-lying areas of Venice.

Translations

regular flooding in Venice

Arabic: أَكّْوَا أَلْتَا f ‎(ʾakkwā ʾaltā)
Catalan: acqua alta f
Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)}大潮 (zh) ‎(dàcháo)
Esperanto: alta akvo
French: acqua alta f
German: Acqua alta f, Hochwasser (de) n
Greek: άκουα άλτα f, n ‎(ákoua álta), παλίρροια (el) f ‎(palírroia)
Hebrew: אַקְוָה אַלטָה ‎(ʾaqwå̄h ʾalṭå̄h)
Italian: acqua alta f

Japanese: アックア・アルタ ‎(akkua aruta), アクア・アルタ ‎(akua aruta), ^{(please verify)}大潮 (ja) ‎(おおしお, ōshio), ^{(please verify)}おおしお (ja) ‎(ōshio)
Kannada: ಆಕ್ವಾ ಆಲ್ಟಾ ‎(ākvā ālṭā)
Korean: 아쿠아 알타 ‎(akua alta)
Polish: acqua alta f
Portuguese: acqua alta f
Russian: наводне́ние (ru) n ‎(navodnénije), наводне́ние в Вене́ции n ‎(navodnénije v Venécii)
Slovene: visôka vôda f
Spanish: acqua alta f
Venetian: acua alta f, aqua alta f

Italian

Etymology

Literally “high water”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈak.kwa ˈal.ta/

Noun

acqua alta f ‎(usually uncountable, plural acque alte)

acqua alta (regular flooding in Venice)

See also

alta marea

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian acqua alta ‎(literally “high water”).

Noun

acqua alta f (usually uncountable, plural acque alte)

acqua alta (regular flooding in Venice)