Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

guelta

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: guelta
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From Arabic قَلْتَة (qalta).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: قَلْتَة

Inflected Forms

gueltas (plural)

Questions

What does guelta mean?: 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.
Where does guelta come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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