# noria

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈnɔː.ɹɪə/

## Definitions
1. A treadwheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
2. Any mechanism using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct.

## Etymology
From Spanish noria, from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/noria