no|ri|a

no|ri|a
no|ri|a «NR ee uh, NOHR-», noun.
a device for raising water, used in Spain, North Africa, and Asia, consisting of a water wheel carrying buckets which fill as they pass through the water and empty on reaching the high point of the turning wheel.
[< Spanish noria < Arabic nā'ūra]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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