Did you know that 'wadi' is actually Arabic?

'Wadi' is a word borrowed from Arabic 'wādī'. The word entered the English language some time around 1828.

wadi [noun] [1828]

• the bed or valley of a stream in regions of southwestern Asia and northern Africa that is usually dry except during the...
• a shallow usually sharply defined depression in a desert region

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Etymology: Arabic 'wādi'

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