noria

[nawr-ee-uh, nohr-]

noun

1. a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.

noria

/ ˈnɔːrɪə /

noun

1. a water wheel with buckets attached to its rim for raising water from a stream into irrigation canals: common in Spain and the Orient

Word History and Origins

Origin of noria¹

1785–95; < Spanish < Arabic nāʿūra

Word History and Origins

Origin of noria¹

C18: via Spanish from Arabic nā`ūra, from na`ara to creak

Example Sentences

Marshal Philippe Petain, then a general and in command at Verdun, organised a system that was dubbed the "noria" - or waterwheel - under which divisions from the whole of the French army were rotated through.

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The evening glow was on the hills when we left the watercourses and followed a track that led between fields of full-bearded rye dotted with blood-red poppies towards a picturesque white-walled noria.

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Protesters in other cities around the country have also been reportedly shouting: "We are sorry Hama - forgive us" and carrying model norias.

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In the mean time we got together all the spare ropes in the village, including one from the noria, and at eight o'clock the next morning we set out.

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They are irrigated by means of the native alakati, or noria, or more often by air-motors, which in this locality are much in vogue.

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