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bajada

[buh-hah-duh]
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noun
  1. an alluvial plain formed at the base of a mountain by the coalescing of several alluvial fans.
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Origin of bajada

1865–70, Americanism; < Spanish: slope, swoop, orig. feminine past participle of bajar to descend < Vulgar Latin *bassiāre, derivative of Late Latin bassus short, low
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Historical Examples

  • Below the Bajada the height of the floods progressively declines.

    The Argentine Republic

    Pierre Denis

  • During this first phase the curve of the Bajada is parallel (thirteen days later) to that of Posadas.

  • In 1827 the inhabitants of Bajada went there in such numbers that the town was half deserted.

British Dictionary definitions for bajada

bajada

noun
  1. rugby Union a scrummaging technique, developed in Argentina, in which all eight forwards in a pack drive forward low and hard
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Word Origin

C20: from Spanish bajar to go down
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