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guelta

guelta noun: a pool of water, especially in Africa or Arabia, fed by an oasis (spring) or left behind when a wadi (arroyo, seasonal river) runs dry.

Noun

guelta (plural gueltas)

  1. A pool of water, especially in Africa or Arabia, fed by an oasis (spring) or left behind when a wadi (arroyo, seasonal river) runs dry.
    • Winter or summer, the guelta never went away, even in a drought. It was fed by an underground spring that sent a constant lazy stream of bubbles to the surface.2001, David Ball, Empires of Sand: A Novel, page 376

Forms of guelta

pluralgueltas

Origin of guelta

From Arabic قَلْتَة (qalta).

Questions about guelta

What does guelta mean?
Guelta means a pool of water, especially in Africa or Arabia, fed by an oasis (spring) or left behind when a wadi (arroyo, seasonal river) runs dry.
What part of speech is guelta?
Guelta is a noun.
What is the plural of guelta?
The plural of guelta is gueltas.

Words near guelta in the dictionary

  1. Guelph
  2. Guelphic
  3. Guelphism
  4. Guelphs
  5. Guels
  6. guelta
  7. gueltas
  8. Guelwongo
  9. guemal
  10. guemals
  11. guembri

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