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Meaning of noria | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈnɔː.ɹɪə

Definitions

  1. A treadwheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
  2. Any mechanism using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct.

Equivalents

العربية دالية ساقية سانية ناعورة
Català sínia
Deutsch Schöpfwerk
Español noria
Français noria
Italiano noria
Polski koło wodne
Português nora
Русский ковшовый элеватор нория

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

noribogaine Noric Norican Norichika Noricum Noriega

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