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noria

no·ria

UK/ˈnɔː.ɹɪə/ US/ˈnɔɹ.i.ə/ uncommon

noun

1.

a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel

Origin

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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