foggara

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foggara

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Borrowed from Algerian Arabic فُقَّارَة (fuggāra).

noun foggaras

Africa, North An underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from the interior of a hill to villages in the valley; a qanat.

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"foggara." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/foggara. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{foggara_2026,
  title = {foggara},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foggara},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}