Noria
[ˈnɔːriə]Meaning
a given name recorded in Japanese and Maghrebi Arabic, both feminine
Background Story
Behind the Name records Noria as a feminine given name in Japanese and in Maghrebi Arabic, in both cases as a user-submitted entry rather than the site's own. The same spelling is the English form of noria, a word for a hydropowered scoop wheel used to lift water into an aqueduct for irrigation or to supply a city or village.
Variations
Noriah, Noreya
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