anoia

[uh-noi-uh]

noun

1. extreme mental deficiency.

Word History and Origins

Origin of anoia¹

< Greek, equivalent to áno ( os ) not understanding ( a- a- ⁶ + nó ( os ) mind + -os adj. suffix) + -ia -ia

Example Sentences

Instead, it uses Conca del Riu Anoia, after a small area in the Penedès, where it has a biodynamically farmed estate.

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“It pains me to think that we could be right back where we were,” Gaya said after getting tested for coronavirus at her local health clinic in Sant Sadurni D’Anoia, a village near Barcelona.

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Instead, it uses Conca del Riu Anoia, which it hopes one day will signal top-quality sparkling wine from Catalonia.

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Juvé y Camps Reserva de la Familia 40th Anniversary Limited Edition Brut Nature Cava, $17 This very dry, crisp wine commemorates 40 years of this bottling from the Juvé family, one of the most storied in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia, center of Cava in the Penedès.

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Roser Ventura, whose father owns a vineyard between the towns of Sadurni d'Anoia and Subirats, said he alerted the regional Catalan police when they spotted a car crossing their property at high speed.

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