How to pronounce wadi
American English pronunciation
WAH-dee
- IPA
- /ˈwɑdi/
- Syllables
- WAH · dee (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What wadi means
A desert valley that stays dry except after rain
In a sentence: After the storm, muddy water rushed down the wadi that had been dry for months.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from an Arabic word for a valley.
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