Wadi (noun)
wah-dee
(in Arab nations) the channel of a watercourse that is dry except during periods of rainfall.
First recorded in 1830–40, wadi is from the Arabic word wādī وَادِي
Example sentences
“The recent rainfall meant water flowed through the wadi as though it was always a river.”
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