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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The green is surrounded by LACC’s famous barranca — a sandy gully that runs across the course and is populated by ball-entangling grasses.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2023
A steep gully known as a barranca snakes through the course.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2023
He slammed his club into the ground walking on a path through the barranca.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 16, 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
On each side of the fortress a deep ravine or barranca pierces the precipice down to the depths of the ocean—so that the castle stands upon a sort of island promontory or voladero.
From The Tiger Hunter by Mayne Reid
That concrete canal and other drainage areas on the course, around half the holes, have been replaced by barrancas, which are often sandy areas dotted with native wild grasses and plants.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
Hanse also incorporated barrancas in a restoration he oversaw at Los Angeles Country Club, where the U.S.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
In other words, here we observed for the first time barrancas, which from now on form an exceedingly characteristic feature of the topography of the Sierra Madre.
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
Extensive forests of oak and pine, clothing the sides of the canyons and barrancas of the high Sierra Madre, are succeeded by the profuse vegetation of the torrid zone.
From Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by Martin Hume
In the barrancas it was still dark night.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various
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