akvedukts

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin aquaeductus (“conveyance of water”), itself a compound of aqua (“water”) and dūcō (“I lead”, “I bring”).

• IPA^(key): [akvɛdukts]

akvedukts m (1st declension)

1. aqueduct (a bridge-like structure used to carry water over a river or depression; an artificial canal used to carry water)

   pirms 300 gadiem Kašmirā izbūvēja no Urtara šļūdoņa pāri galvu reibinošai aizai akveduktu un 20 kilometru garu kanālu ― 300 years ago in Kashmir an aqueduct was built from the Urtars glacier across the dizzying gorge, and (also) 20 kilometers of canals

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