"acqua alta" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌækwə ˈæltə/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian acqua alta (literally “high water”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|acqua alta|lit=high water}} Italian acqua alta (literally “high water”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|nolinkhead=1}} acqua alta (uncountable)
  1. A phenomenon that regularly occurs in the city of Venice, Italy, typically during high and spring tide, involving the flooding of the most low-lying areas of Venice. Wikipedia link: Piazza San Marco, acqua alta Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Water Translations (regular flooding in Venice): أَكّْوَا أَلْتَا (ʔakkwā ʔaltā) [feminine] (Arabic), acqua alta [feminine] (Catalan), alta akvo (Esperanto), acqua alta [feminine] (French), Acqua alta [feminine] (German), Hochwasser [neuter] (German), άκουα άλτα (ákoua álta) [feminine, neuter] (Greek), παλίρροια (palírroia) [feminine] (Greek), אַקְוָה אַלטָה (ákva álta) [feminine] (Hebrew), acqua alta [feminine] (Italian), アックア・アルタ (akkua aruta) (Japanese), アクア・アルタ (akua aruta) (Japanese), ಆಕ್ವಾ ಆಲ್ಟಾ (ākvā ālṭā) (Kannada), 아쿠아 알타 (akua alta) (Korean), acqua alta [feminine] (Polish), acqua alta [feminine] (Portuguese), наводне́ние (navodnénije) [neuter] (Russian), наводне́ние в Вене́ции (navodnénije v Venécii) [neuter] (Russian), visôka vôda [feminine] (Slovene), acqua alta [feminine] (Spanish), acua alta [feminine] (Venetan), aqua alta [feminine] (Venetan)
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