Gila

[hee-luh]

noun

1. a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1,015 km) long.

Example Sentences

The monsoon season is now here and has brought deadly flash flooding along old burn scars in Ruidoso, New Mexico, while distributing sporadic rain in the state’s Gila National Forest.

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During his visit to the Gila River Indian Community, President Biden admitted that the boarding school system had caused great pain and suffering.

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“The federal government has never formally apologized for what happened until today. I formally apologize,” Biden said during his speech to the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona.

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Route 191 bends east here, passing by blooming cotton fields nourished by the Gila River before the terrain becomes rockier and steeper.

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As governor of the Gila River Indian Community, Stephen Roe Lewis keeps busy with his usual duties, launching new water projects and snapping photos with students at scholarship dinners.

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