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noria
[ nawr-ee-uh, nohr- ]
noun
- a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
noria
/ ˈnɔːrɪə /
noun
- a water wheel with buckets attached to its rim for raising water from a stream into irrigation canals: common in Spain and the Orient
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Origin of noria1
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Example Sentences
Dating back to the 14th century, the largest noria is nearly 70 feet in diameter.
The Noria, a chain of pots, and the screw of Archimedes were other forms of ancient pumps.
Here the traveller from the north first sees the Noria or Moorish water-wheel at work.
Our first work on reaching the island was to erect a water wheel, or “noria,” as it was called in the book, in front of the camp.
I offer him a double price for the fine fighting cock he has brought from Noria, but this he will not give up.
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