aceña

See also: acena

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic السَّانِيَة (as-sāniya, “water scoop, water wheel”), via Andalusian Arabic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈθeɲa/ [aˈθe.ɲa]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aˈseɲa/ [aˈse.ɲa]
Rhymes: -eɲa
Syllabification: a‧ce‧ña

Noun

aceña f (plural aceñas)

water mill; flour mill
Synonym: molino
water wheel
Synonym: azud
bulrush, cattail (Typha latifolia)
Synonyms: espadaña, gladio

Further reading

aceña on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es
“aceña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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