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aqua

[ak-wuh, ah-kwuh] / ˈæk wə, ˈɑ kwə /




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A massive aqua sofa in the living room that looks like a long wave because it faces the water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

X factor: There are plenty of low-impact, aqua workouts in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

Eateries in Italy, Denmark and the U.K. offer their own aqua explorations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025

Wearing a purple, yellow and magenta colorblocked T-shirt, Okatsuka flashes aqua nails topped off with hot dog charms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025

But Aureliano spent the money on muriatic add to prepare some aqua regia and he beautified the keys by plating them with gold.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Ac, however, does not at all correspond to the well-known corruptions of aquae still found in the names of places in France where the Romans constructed baths.

From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Edward Harrison Barker

The Spanish army encamped, says Guicciardini, "in a place called by Livy, from its vicinity to Sessa, aquae Sinuessanae, being perhaps the marshes in which Marius hid himself."

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 by William Hickling Prescott

Although all these aquae cleanse gold concentrates or dust from impurities, yet there are certain compositions which possess singular power.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

It is aquae vitae, water of life, or water that hath a health and life in it.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan

The artificer keeps in hand two aquae, one of which is stronger than the other; the stronger is used at first, then the less strong, then at the last again the stronger.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

Merchants paused selling piñatas, street food and aquas frescas to take photos of the runners and cheer them on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2025

Rioux is a fabulous artist with a highly distinctive style: Here cat-eyed humans live in a world of aquas and rusts, golds and shadows.

From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2022

If you like a calming effect, choose soothing aquas, limes and mints.

From Washington Post ● May 4, 2016

The bright aquas and greens are also gender-neutral for friends and cousins of both boys and girls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2015

The principal verb is tenebat, the subject ille, and the object aquas; so translate:— He used to stay the running waters by his song.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce


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