noria

Meaning

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

Synonyms

bucket chain

sakia

bucket dredger

multi-bucket dredger

Translations

noria

noria

nora

μαγγανοπήγαδο

noria

sínia

roue panoramique

ruota panoramica

🎡

ruota gigante

reuzenrad

🎡

roda

🛞

roda-gigante

🎡

Nora

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnɔː.ɹɪə/

Etymology

From Spanish noria, from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).