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Borrowed from Italian acqua alta (literally “high water”).
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌækwə ˈæltə/
acqua alta (uncountable)
- A phenomenon that regularly occurs in the city of Venice, Italy, typically during high and spring tide, involving the flooding of the most low-lying areas of Venice.
regular flooding in Venice
- Arabic: أَكّْوَا أَلْتَا f (ʔakkwā ʔaltā)
- Catalan: acqua alta f
- Chinese:
- Esperanto: alta akvo
- French: acqua alta (fr) f
- German: Acqua alta f, Hochwasser (de) n
- Greek: άκουα άλτα f or n (ákoua álta), παλίρροια (el) f (palírroia)
- Hebrew: אַקְוָה אַלטָה f (ákva álta)
- Italian: acqua alta f
- Japanese: アックア・アルタ (akkua aruta), アクア・アルタ (akua aruta), (please verify) 大潮 (ja) (おおしお, ōshio), (please verify) おおしお (ja) (ōshio)
- Kannada: ಆಕ್ವಾ ಆಲ್ಟಾ (ākvā ālṭā)
- Korean: 아쿠아 알타 (akua alta)
- Polish: acqua alta f
- Portuguese: acqua alta f
- Russian: наводне́ние (ru) n (navodnénije), наводне́ние в Вене́ции n (navodnénije v Venécii)
- Slovene: visôka vôda f
- Spanish: acqua alta f
- Venetian: acua alta f, aqua alta f
Literally, “high water”.
acqua alta f (plural acque alte)
- (usually uncountable) acqua alta (regular flooding in Venice)
Unadapted borrowing from Italian acqua alta (literally “high water”).
acqua alta f (usually uncountable, plural acque alte)
- acqua alta (regular flooding in Venice)