noria
Meanings
noun
- A treadwheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
- Any mechanism using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct.
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Etymology
From Spanish noria, from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).
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