levada

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Noun

levada (plural levadas)

  1. An irrigation channel or aqueduct specific to the Portuguese Atlantic region of Madeira.

Anagrams

Galician

Watermill with its levada

Etymology

From agua levada (literally “conducted water”).

Pronunciation

Noun

levada f (plural levadas)

  1. aqueduct or canal
    • 1447, M. Lucas Alvarez & P. P. Lucas Domínguez (ed.), San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Publicacións de Caixa Galicia, page 572:
      "moiño do Cangado" "con toda sua casa e pedra e con todas suas levadas e presas e augas"
      "mill of the Cangado" "with all of its building and stone and ducts and dams and waters"
    Synonyms: cal, canle

Derived terms

Participle

levada f sg

  1. feminine singular of levado

References

Portuguese

Adjective

levada

  1. feminine singular of levado

Participle

levada f sg

  1. feminine singular of levado

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leˈbada/
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: le‧va‧da

Noun

levada f (uncountable)

  1. The lower-quality fibers separated out during hackling.

Participle

levada f sg

  1. feminine singular of levado

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