aljibe
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Andalusian Arabic اَلْجُبّ (al-júbb), from Classical Arabic جُبّ (jubb, “cistern, well”). Cognate with Galician alxibe and Catalan aljub. Compare Sicilian gebbia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aljibe m (plural aljibes)
See also
[edit]- pozo (for oil, gas, etc.)
Further reading
[edit]- “aljibe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014