Fiumara

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A flooded river (or its riverbed), especially one running down from a mountain.

    "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."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Italian.

Example

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"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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Italian fiumara.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Fiumara.

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