acequias
- plural of acequia.
Example Sentences
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We passed over acequias — a system of communal irrigation ditches originating with the Moors that New Mexico’s farmers have used for centuries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
Growing up in New Mexico, Hayes-Rich played and swam in centuries-old irrigation systems known as acequias, built by Indigenous Pueblo people and Spanish settlers, that flow beneath the U.S.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 19, 2023
"I've lived here all my life. I've never seen it run dry," said Theresa Dunworth, an accountant who works with a farm group in the South Valley where centuries-old "acequias" or channels irrigate fields.
From Reuters ● Nov. 1, 2022
In recent decades, San Antonio’s relatively small, walkable downtown — due in part to streets that trace the path of Spanish colonial-era irrigation canals called acequias — has been outpaced by suburban growth and development.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2021
The band was playing sweetly in the circular stand on the parade, and a dozen little children were romping about the few patches of green turf or splashing the water in the narrow acequias.
From Marion's Faith. by King, Charles
