jornada

[ hawr-nah-duh; Spanish hawr-nah-th ah ]

/ hɔrˈnɑ də; Spanish hɔrˈnɑ ðɑ /

a full day's travel across a desert without a stop for taking on water.

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1650–60; < Spanish < Old Provençal < Vulgar Latin *diurnāta; see journey

At one place they made a “Jornada” of seventy miles without water.
The White Chief|Mayne Reid
Theoretically, the Jornada was fifty miles wide here; in reality it was much wider; in seeming it was twice as wide.
Stepsons of Light|Eugene Manlove Rhodes
It is to be hoped that the fear of meeting with us will prevent them from coming into the Jornada north of the town.
The Scalp Hunters|Mayne Reid
No guide could be hired on any terms, so great was their dread of the Jornada and its occasional denizens, the Apaches.
The Scalp Hunters|Mayne Reid

I have noted the only two patches of grass found during the 'jornada.'
What I Saw in California|Edwin Bryant