acqua alta
Meanings
noun
- 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.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Italian acqua alta (literally “high water”).
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