noria

[ nawr-ee-uh, nohr- ]
/ ˈnɔr i ə, ˈnoʊr- /

noun

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

Origin of noria

1785–95; < Spanish < Arabic nāʿūra

Words nearby noria

norfolk jacket, norfolk terrier, norge, norgestrel, nori, noria, noricum, noriega, norilsk, norite, nork

Example sentences from the Web for noria

  • Here the traveller from the north first sees the Noria or Moorish water-wheel at work.

    Spain |Wentworth Webster

  • The Noria, a chain of pots, and the screw of Archimedes were other forms of ancient pumps.

    Inventions in the Century |William Henry Doolittle

  • Our first work on reaching the island was to erect a water wheel, or “noria,” as it was called in the book, in front of the camp.

    The Scientific American Boy |A. Russell (Alexander Russell) Bond

British Dictionary definitions for noria

noria
/ (ˈnɔːrɪə) /

noun

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 Origin for noria

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