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Definition of Sakia
1. Noun. A water wheel, traditionally drawn by a draft animal, but now with a motor. It is about 2-5 meters in diameter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sakia
1. an Eastern water wheel [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sakia
Literary usage of Sakia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Yusuf and his friends, the story of a trip to Egypt by Sara Keables Hunt (1880)
"The sakia is a water-wheel, turned by oxen or donkeys, moving on in a perpetual
round, and bringing up a succession of earthen pots filled ..."
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