Meanings
plural norias
- A treadwheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
Synonyms: water wheel
- Any mechanism using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct.
The "Noria" pump is a bucket-and-chain arrangement, well known, I believe, in the Cape Colony as the "bakkies" pump; it is very effective for it lifts from 10 feet to 30 feet.
1901 October 11, Colonel F. V. Corbett, “Report on Irrigation in Natal”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 16, page 492
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA treadwheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
Origin
- Classical Syriacܢܥܘܪܬܐ“water wheel; growler”
- Arabicنَاعُورَة
- Spanishnoria
- Englishnoria
From Spanish noria, from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).
More words from Spanish, Arabic, Classical Syriac
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نَاعُورَة
- نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra)a water wheel with buckets
Catalan sínia, sínia
- síniaa water wheel with buckets
- síniaany machine using buckets
Czech zdvižné čerpadlo
- zdvižné čerpadloa water wheel with buckets
French noria, noria
- noriaa water wheel with buckets
- noriaany machine using buckets
German Schöpfwerk
- Schöpfwerkany machine using buckets
Italian noria
- noriaa water wheel with buckets
Polish noria, koło wodne
- noriaa water wheel with buckets
- koło wodneany machine using buckets
Portuguese nora
- noraa water wheel with buckets
Russian нория, ковшовый элеватор
- нория (norija)a water wheel with buckets
- ковшовый элеватор (kovšovyj elevator)a water wheel with buckets
Spanish noria, noria
- noriaa water wheel with buckets
- noriaany machine using buckets
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Cite this entry
noria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noria
“noria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noria. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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