acqua alta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian acqua alta (literally “high water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌækwə ˈæltə/

acqua alta in St. Mark's Square

Noun

acqua alta (uncountable)

1. A phenomenon that regularly occurs in the city of Venice, Italy, typically during high and spring tide, involving the flooding of the most low-lying areas of Venice.

Translations

regular flooding in Venice

• Arabic: أَكّْوَا أَلْتَا f (ʔakkwā ʔaltā)
• Catalan: acqua alta f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 大潮 (zh) (dàcháo)

• Esperanto: alta akvo
• French: acqua alta (fr) f
• German: Acqua alta f, Hochwasser (de) n
• Greek: άκουα άλτα f or n (ákoua álta), παλίρροια (el) f (palírroia)
• Hebrew: אַקְוָה אַלטָה f (ákva álta)
• Italian: acqua alta f
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• Japanese: アックア・アルタ (akkua aruta), アクア・アルタ (akua aruta), ^{(please verify)} 大潮 (ja) (おおしお, ōshio), ^{(please verify)} おおしお (ja) (ōshio)
• Kannada: ಆಕ್ವಾ ಆಲ್ಟಾ (ākvā ālṭā)
• Korean: 아쿠아 알타 (akua alta)
• Polish: acqua alta f
• Portuguese: acqua alta f
• Russian: наводне́ние (ru) n (navodnénije), наводне́ние в Вене́ции n (navodnénije v Venécii)
• Slovene: visôka vôda f
• Spanish: acqua alta f
• Venetian: acua alta f, aqua alta f

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Italian

Etymology

Literally “high water”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈak.kwa ˈal.ta/

• Audio:

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Noun

acqua alta f (plural acque alte)

1. (usually uncountable) acqua alta (regular flooding in Venice)

Related terms

• alta marea

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian acqua alta (literally “high water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈakwɐ ˈaltɐ/

Noun

1. acqua alta (regular flooding in Venice)