barranca

American  

[buh-rang-kuh, bahr-rahng-kah] / bəˈræŋ kə, bɑrˈrɑŋ kɑ /

noun

• barrancas
  plural

1. a steep-walled ravine or gorge.

2. a gully with steep sides; arroyo.

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barranca British  

/ bəˈræŋkə /

noun

1. a ravine or precipice

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• barrancas
  plural

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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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Example Sentences

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barranca barrancas

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

The barranca that crosses the front of the tee runs down the left side of the hole.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2023

Across the barranca, over the tops of the highest cottonwoods, the rolling mesa stretched as barren and forbidding as that on which they were standing.

From The Vision of Elijah Berl by Frank Lewis Nason

That concrete canal and other drainage areas on the course, around half the holes, have been replaced by barrancas, which are often sandy areas dotted with native wild grasses and plants.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

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

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

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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