Noria Definition
nôrē-ə
noun
A water wheel with buckets at its circumference, used in Spain and the Near East to raise and discharge water.
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noria
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noriasOrigin of Noria
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From Spanish noria, from Arabic ناعورة (nāʿūra(t)), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler"), from ܢܥܪ (nÊ¿ar, “to roar, growl, bray").
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Spanish from Arabic nā‘ūra from Aramaic nā‘urā from nə‘ar to shake, roar nʕr in Semitic roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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