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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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