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no·ria (nôr′ē ə)

noun

a water wheel with buckets at its circumference, used in Spain and the Near East to raise and discharge water

Etymology: Sp < Ar nāʼūra < Syriac nāʼōr < nĕar, (he) poured out

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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