practically_floored t1_iy98c0i wrote
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Wadi means river or watercourse in Arabic. It shows up in a lot of place and river names, you notice it as "guada" in Spanish.
neekseni t1_iy9tb1b wrote
>Wadi means river or watercourse in Arabic.
Watercourse yes, as in water channel or riverbed, but river not really. The original meaning of the word is valley
practically_floored t1_iy9yqsi wrote
It's used a lot for dry riverbeds that become rivers during floods in places like the UAE. But in for example Spain it's used in names of actual rivers, for example Guadalquivir, Guadiana, Guadiaro etc
t00oldforthisshit t1_iyanda1 wrote
Like the connection between "cricks" and "hollers" in Appalachian American English
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