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qanat

Pronunciation: /kəˈnɑːt/
(also kanat)
Definition of qanat

noun

  • (in the Middle East) a gently sloping underground channel or tunnel constructed to lead water from the interior of a hill to a village below.

Origin:

Persian, from Arabic qanāt 'reed, pipe, channel'

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