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arroyo
/əˈɹɔɪ.oʊ/
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What does arroyo mean?
noun
- A dry creek or streambed, a gulch which temporarily or seasonally fills and flows (after sufficient rain).
- Any watercourse; any rivulet (whether it flows year-round or only seasonally).
proper noun
- A surname from Spanish.
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IPA pronunciation
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One day, after a week of prospecting, they met unexpectedly on the slope of an arroyo.
But they turned again, and night was near when Big Arroyo ford was reached--fully twenty miles.
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The deep arroyo through which Squaw Creek wound was now only a cleft between snowdrifts—very blue when one looked down into it.
One hears strange, suggestive words and phrases--arapajo, capote, arroyo, the diamond hitch, cache, butte, coulé, muskegs, portage, and a dozen others coined into the tender of daily use.
Near the Arroyo Tapes I heard of a wood of palms; and one of these trees, of considerable size, I saw near the Pan de Azucar, in lat.