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Webster 1913 Edition
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)
- A water wheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
- Any machine using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct.
Synonyms
- (water wheel): water wheel
Translations
a water wheel with buckets
Anagrams
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)
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)
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)
Synonyms
- (Ferris wheel): rueda de la fortuna