fiumara

See also: Fiumara

English

Etymology

From Italian fiumara.

Noun

fiumara (plural fiumaras)

1. 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.

Anagrams

• fumaria

Italian

Alternative forms

• 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)

1. (southern Italy) a river or torrent with a large, pebbly riverbed, which is dry outside of rainy season

   Hypernym: fiume

2. (archaic) Synonym of fiumana (“torrent; flood; crowd”)

Related terms

• fiumale
• fiumarolo
• fiume

 

Descendants

• → English: fiumara

References

• fiumara in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• fumaria