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noria

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈnɔː.ɹɪə/Part of speech nounSorted ainorStarts with NEnds with A0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A water wheel with buckets used to raise water.

Word 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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  • The "Noria" pump is a bucket-and-chain arrangement, well known, I believe, in the Cape Colony as the "bakkies" pump; it is very effective for it lifts from 10 feet to 30 feet.

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