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wadi

[ wah-dee ]

noun

plural wadis.
  1. the channel of a watercourse that is dry except during periods of rainfall.
  2. such a stream or watercourse itself.
  3. a valley.


wadi

/ ˈɒɪ /

noun

  1. a watercourse in N Africa and Arabia, dry except in the rainy season
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wadi

/ äŧ /

  1. A gully or streambed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of wadi1

First recorded in 1830–40, wadi is from the Arabic word ī
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of wadi1

C19: from Arabic
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But on the other side of the frontier, across the no-man’s land in a dry sloping wadi and along our bleak route, gun-toting RSF fighters in camouflage uniforms patrol this part of Sudan.

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The results showed the tools were likely to have been used approximately 84 thousand years ago and then abandoned on the banks of the wadis and subsequently buried over time.

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The desert riverbed, or wadi, had already subsided back to a trickle.

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A series of bridges had crossed the wadi, connecting the port area with the western side of the city.

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An academic published a paper in 2022 said that repeated flooding threatened the dams built in a wadi, a usually dry riverbed, above the city and urged immediate maintenance.

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