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Noun: noria  no-ree-u
  1. A water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel
    "The ancient noria still functioned, lifting water to irrigate the fields"

Derived forms: norias

Type of: water wheel, waterwheel

Encyclopedia: Noria