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English
Etymology
From Italian fiumara.
Noun
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
- fiumaia (archaic; only in the archaic sense)
Etymology
fiume (“river”) + -ara
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fjuˈma.ra/
- Rhymes: -ara
- Hyphenation: fiu‧mà‧ra
Noun
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”)
Descendants
References
- fiumara in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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