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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 228 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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WADI , also written wady, in some dialects See also: WAD wad; Arabic for a " valley," hence a stream or See also: RIVER river flowing through a valley, as well as the valley itself . It is a See also: COMMON common See also: TERM term in See also: PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide) place names . End of Article: WADI
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