cienega
- a variation of ciénaga.
Example Sentences
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The horses were picketed out on a grassy cienega, which offered them pretty good feed.
From Out of Doors—California and Oregon by Graves, J. A.
The grass in the cienega was thick and green, and there was enough seepage of water to furnish drink for the flock.
From Bears I Have Met—and Others by Kelly, Allen
The Sierra Bonita ranch is located on a natural cienega of moist land that has been considerably enlarged by artificial means.
From Arizona Sketches by Munk, J. A. (Joseph Amasa)
In the morning, with two herders and their collies, he went back to the cienega.
From Bears I Have Met—and Others by Kelly, Allen
Half a mile from the cienega the dogs stopped before a thicket, bristled their backs and growled impatient remonstrance to the superintendent's efforts to shove them into the brush with his foot.
From Bears I Have Met—and Others by Kelly, Allen
