barranca
noun
a steep-walled ravine or gorge.
barrancas
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pluralof barranca.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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That concrete canal and other drainage areas on the course, around half the holes, have been replaced by barrancas, which are often sandy areas dotted with native wild grasses and plants.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
A village north of Apatzingán and on the southern slope of Cerro de Tancítaro; transition between arid tropical scrub forest and pine-oak forest; tropical semi-deciduous forest in barrancas.
From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by William E. Duellman
They went forward cautiously now and took advantage of the unevenness of the plain, riding through barrancas and keeping close to chaparrals.
From Hopalong Cassidy by Clarence E. Mulford
Finally, in rear of Don Manuel, the thickly wooded Malinche, with its masses of forest trees and its stupendous barrancas, frowned in dark and solemn shadow.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various
