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wa⋅di

  [wah-dee]
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–noun, plural -dis. (in Arabia, Syria, northern Africa, etc.)
1. the channel of a watercourse that is dry except during periods of rainfall.
2. such a stream or watercourse itself.
3. a valley.
Also, wady.

Origin:
1830–40; < Ar wādī
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wa·di also wa·dy   (wä'dē)   
n.   pl. wa·dis also wa·dies

    1. A valley, gully, or streambed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.

    2. A stream that flows through such a channel.

  2. An oasis.


[Arabic wādi; see wdy in Semitic roots.]
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wadi 
"watercourse," 1839, from Arabic wadi "seasonal watercourse," prop. part. of wada "it flowed."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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wadi

a dry channel lying in a semiarid or desert area and subject to flash flooding during seasonal or irregular rainstorms. Such transitory streams, rivers, or creeks are noted for their gullying effects and especially for their rapid rates of erosion, transportation, and deposition. There have been reports of up to 8 feet (2 m) of deposition in 60 years and like amounts of erosion during a single flood event

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