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Definition of Norias
1. noria [n] - See also: noria
Lexicographical Neighbors of Norias
Literary usage of Norias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The modern town is without interest, the main curiosity of the place being the
norias used for watering the gardens. 8. ..."
2. Proceedings by International Railway Congress Association (1888)
"Comme pour les norias, ce prix de revient ne tient pas compte des frais d'entretien
des locaux. Annexe B. — Prix de revient du chauffage par thermo-siphons. ..."
3. Human Geography: An Attempt at a Positive Classification, Principles and by Jean Brunhes, Isaiah Bowman, Richard Elwood Dodge, Irville Charles Le Compte (1920)
"The fields and the orchards are often furrowed with ditches; the norias (draw-wells)
are numerous, and at certain points toward the center of the island, ..."
4. Statistics of Mines and Mining in the States and Territories West of the by United States Dept. of the Treasury, Rossiter Worthington Raymond (1874)
"The Las norias Arroyo, with a small amount of rich gravel on the east and a ...
The side of this mesa toward the Las norias Arroyo shows deep gravel as rich ..."
5. A Journey Through Spain in the Years 1786 and 1787: With Particular by Joseph Townsend (1791)
"In fumm^r, water is fup- plied by norias, at little ... that Anover alone has
ninety norias, the expence of which would have been faved by the canal. ..."
6. Spain and Portugal: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (1901)
"301/2 M. Ametlla, a fishing-village to the left, with several norias (water-wheels).
We traverse another desolate region and intersect some hills. ..."
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