fiumara

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Italian fiumara.

Noun[edit]

fiumara (plural fiumaras)

  1. 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]

fiume (river) +‎ -ara

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fjuˈma.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Hyphenation: fiu‧mà‧ra

Noun[edit]

fiumara f (plural fiumare)

  1. (southern Italy) a river or torrent with a large, pebbly riverbed, which is dry outside of rainy season
    Hypernym: fiume
  2. (archaic) Synonym of fiumana (torrent; flood; crowd)

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Descendants[edit]

  • English: fiumara

References[edit]

  • fiumara in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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