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What (who) is noria - definition
MACHINE ACTIVATED BY WATER POWER AND USED FOR LIFTING WATER INTO A SMALL AQUEDUCT
Egyptian wheel; ناعورة; Nā‘ūra; ܢܥܘܪܐ; Nā‘urā
![Cordoba]], Spain (the wheel itself was reconstructed in the 20th century)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Córdoba maravillosa.jpg?width=200 "Cordoba]], Spain (the wheel itself was reconstructed in the 20th century)")
![Noria do [[Mouchão]], [[Portugal]]. Paired ceramic pots along the wheel collect the water.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nora Hidráulica do Mouchão.jpg?width=200 "Noria do [[Mouchão]], [[Portugal]]. Paired ceramic pots along the wheel collect the water.")
.jpg?width=200 "Close-up of the Noria do Mouchão")
![Noria in [[Jambi]], [[Indonesia]], between 1914 and 1921](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Kintjir of waterschepwiel in Djambi Sumatra TMnr 10007886.jpg?width=200 "Noria in [[Jambi]], [[Indonesia]], between 1914 and 1921")
![In [[Al-Rastan]], Syria in the 1930s](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rastan, 1934-39.jpg?width=200 "In [[Al-Rastan]], Syria in the 1930s")
![Rawa]], [[Iraq]], in 1911](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Iraq-wheels-Euphrates.jpg?width=200 "Rawa]], [[Iraq]], in 1911")
![Requena]], Spain, in 2009. Operational.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Noria CDR4.JPG?width=200 "Requena]], Spain, in 2009. Operational.")
![Azuda de la Montaña, [[Madrid]], Spain](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Azuda de la Montaña, Aranjuez 01.jpg?width=200 "Azuda de la Montaña, [[Madrid]], Spain")
![Noria of [[Alcantarilla]] in Spain, operational as of 2020](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RuedaAlcantarilla.jpg?width=200 "Noria of [[Alcantarilla]] in Spain, operational as of 2020")
![Ribera Alta]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sénia de la séquia reial del Xúquer.jpg?width=200 "Ribera Alta]]")
Noria
·noun A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel.
noria
['n?:r??]
¦ noun a device for raising water from a stream, consisting of a chain of buckets revolving round a wheel driven by the current.
Origin
via Sp. from Arab. nay?u?ra.
Noria
A noria (, nā‘ūra, plural nawāʿīr, from , nā‘orā, lit. "growler") is a hydropowered scoop wheel used to lift water into a small aqueduct, either for the purpose of irrigation or to supply water to cities and villages.
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Noria
A noria (Arabic: ناعورة, nā‘ūra, plural نواعير nawāʿīr, from Syriac: ܢܥܘܪܐ, nā‘orā, lit. "growler") is a hydropowered scoop wheel used to lift water into a small aqueduct, either for the purpose of irrigation or to supply water to cities and villages.
Examples of use of noria
1. Like many of the women here, Noria stayed with her parents after her husband died.
2. Noria says she keeps her children indoors to avoid the dust and sewage.
3. Noria cleans okra for lunch and looks out the door, which is always open to release the heat trapped inside the metal–walled trailer.
4. Noria Khalif Abdullah, 41, pulls her abaya up to her knees to mount the steep step into her trailer, where her five children are waiting.
5. "It was a time when everyone was shooting and everyone was killing," Noria adds softly, watching her son‘s reflection in the TV that sits dark and unused, a power cord wrapped around its base.