. "A noria (Arabic: \u0646\u0627\u0639\u0648\u0631\u0629\u200E, n\u0101\u2018\u016Bra, from Syriac: \u0722\u0725\u0718\u072A\u0710, n\u0101\u2018ur\u0101) is a machine activated by water power and used for lifting water into a small aqueduct, either for the purpose of irrigation or for the use in towns and villages. There is at least one known instance where it feeds seawater into a saltern."@en . . .