fiumara
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See also: Fiumara
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
fiumara (plural fiumaras)
- A flooded river (or its riverbed), especially one running down from a mountain.
- 1856, Richard F. Burton, First Footsteps in East Africa, Könemann, published 2000, page 123:
- Having skirted the sea for two hours, I rode off with the End of Time to inspect the Dihh Silil, a fiumara which runs from the western hills north-eastwards to the sea.
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Italian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- fiumaia (archaic; only in the archaic sense)
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fiumara f (plural fiumare)
- (southern Italy) a river or torrent with a large, pebbly riverbed, which is dry outside of rainy season
- Hypernym: fiume
- (archaic) Synonym of fiumana (“torrent; flood; crowd”)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: fiumara
References[edit]
- fiumara in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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- Italian terms suffixed with -ara
- Italian 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/ara
- Rhymes:Italian/ara/3 syllables
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- it:Bodies of water
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