barranca
Americannoun
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barrancas
plural
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a steep-walled ravine or gorge.
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a gully with steep sides; arroyo.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of barranca
First recorded in 1685–95; from Spanish, variant of barranco, of obscure, probably pre-Latin origin
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Clark held his nerve to the end and was right there with him, even after a rare errant shot into the barranca on the 17th.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2023
A steep gully known as a barranca snakes through the course.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2023
On your approach, you’ve got to take on the barranca.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2023
Here you see the barranca winding along the left side, cutting across the hole and then feeding right into the bunkering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2023
In a short while she rose to her feet again, and rushed back toward the barranca.
From The Scalp Hunters by F.A. Stewart
Hanse also incorporated barrancas in a restoration he oversaw at Los Angeles Country Club, where the U.S.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
That concrete canal and other drainage areas on the course, around half the holes, have been replaced by barrancas, which are often sandy areas dotted with native wild grasses and plants.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
But in the immediate neighbourhood of Guachochic toward the west and south lie the ridges and barrancas that run toward Sinaloa, and these are inhabited by pagan Tarahumares.
From Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan by Carl Lumholtz
On they loped, looking keenly over the plain and occasionally using their field glasses to more closely scrutinize distant objects, searching the barrancas and coulees and threading through mesquite and cactus growths.
From Hopalong Cassidy by Clarence E. Mulford
I was rather surprised often to find the faces of the people living in the warm barrancas of a lighter colour than the rest of their bodies.
From Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan by Carl Lumholtz
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