acequia

[ uh-sey-kyuh; Spanish ah-se-kyah ]

noun

, Southwestern U.S.

, plural a·ce·quias [uh, -, sey, -ky, uh, z, ah-, se, -kyahs].

1. an irrigation ditch.

Word History and Origins

Origin of acequia¹

1835–45, Americanism; < Spanish < Arabic al-sāqiyah the irrigation ditch

Example Sentences

The dry reservoir and the ruined acequia proved the care that had in former times been bestowed on its irrigation.

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He said his horse had stumbled into an acequia in the darkness and fallen on him, and now he wanted to get up.

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The Acequia Court is one of the most beautiful of the patios in the buildings comprising the Alhambra.

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It's all out of kindness, isn't it, that he's going to make the rocks fly away out of the acequia to-morrow?

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Circling the camp at wide distance, he had crossed the acequia and reached the Gila road.

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