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

The counts listed in the complaint include depriving the public of access to the Pecos River and public nuisance.

From Seattle Times

The Carlsbad Irrigation District on the southern end of the Pecos River opted to allocate a bit more to farmers this year due to the increased runoff.

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