Pecos

American  

[pey-kuhs, -kohs] / ˈpeɪ kəs, -koʊs /

noun

1. a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1,183 km) long.

2. a town in W Texas, near the Pecos River.

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Pecos British  

/ ˈpeɪkəs, ˈpekɔs /

noun

1. a river in the southwestern US, rising in N central New Mexico and flowing southeast to the Rio Grande. Length: about 1180 km (735 miles)

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Example Sentences

In Bakersfield, professional baseball remains, but only in the form of the Pecos League, a bare-bones independent league that averaged 324 fans per game last year, according to the annual Number Tamer attendance analysis.

From Los Angeles Times

Attorney General Raúl Torrez brought the case after people reported being threatened by landowners with physical violence for wading, fishing and boating on portions of the Pecos River that flow through private land.

From Seattle Times

Forecasters with the National Weather Service delivered the good news Tuesday for water managers, cities and farmers as federal officials rolled out operating plans for the Rio Grande and the Pecos River.

From Seattle Times

I grew up in an old adobe home in Ribera, a village near the Pecos River, speaking some New Mexican Spanish — enough to get by, though not as splendidly as some classmates.

From New York Times

The vast majority of the temblors have been concentrated in the highly productive oil fields of the Permian Basin, particularly those in Reeves County, north and west of the city of Pecos.

From New York Times