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acequia
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a·ce·qui·a  (-sk-)
n. Southwestern U.S.
An irrigation canal.

[Spanish, from Arabic as-sqiya : al-, the + sqiya, irrigation ditch, feminine active participle of saq, to give to drink; see qy in Semitic roots.]


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