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wadi

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈwɑdi/
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  • CMU ARPABET: W AA1 D IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A town in Kalaburagi district, Karnataka, India.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A city in Nagpur district, Maharashtra, India.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: nahal, wash, dry wash, arroyo (synonymous other than regiolectal specificity)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nahal, wash, dry wash, arroyo[regiolect

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gully

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَادِي, وَادٍ (wādī, wādin, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: uadi — a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season
  • Czech: vádí — a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season
  • Dutch: wadi — a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season
  • Egyptian: jnt — a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season
  • Finnish: vadi — a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season
  • French: oued — a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season
  • Georgian: უადი (uadi) — a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season
  • German: Wadi — a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season
  • Hebrew: ואדי — a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season
  • Hungarian: vádi — a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season
  • Indonesian: wadi — a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season
  • Italian: uadi — a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season
  • Polish: ued — a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season
  • Polish: wadi — a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season
  • Polish: wadis — a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season
  • Portuguese: uádi — a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season
  • Spanish: rambla — a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season
  • Spanish: uadi — a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season