chiavica

Meaning

1. (feminine) sewer
2. (feminine) sluice gate
3. (feminine, figuratively) pigsty, pigpen, a filthy and untidy place
4. (Italy, Southern, derogatory, feminine, figuratively) ugly person

Concepts

sewer

floodgate

needlewoman

penstock

sluice valve

water gate

head gate

drain

sluicegate

Synonyms

fognatura

cloaca

fogna

paratoia

cataratta

rete fognaria

chiusa

cateratta

Translations

riool

égout

cloaca

alcantarilla

kanalizasyon

alcantarillado

esgoto

Schmutzwasserleitung

αποχέτευση

cloaque

égouts

vanne

réseau d’égouts

cloaca

rioolstelsel

Hyphenated as

chià‧vi‧ca

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkja.vi.ka/

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *clavĭca, from Late Latin clavăca, clovăca, for Latin cloāca. Doublet of cloaca, a borrowing.