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arroyo

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ar·roy·o  (-roi)
n. pl. ar·roy·os
1. A deep gully cut by an intermittent stream; a dry gulch.
2. A brook; a creek.
[Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *arrugius, gold mine, underground passage, variant of Latin arrugia, a galleried mine.]
arroyo [əˈrɔɪəʊ]
n pl -os Chiefly southwestern US
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a steep-sided stream bed that is usually dry except after heavy rain
[from Spanish]
Arroyo [əˈrɔɪjəʊ]
n
(Biographies / Arroyo, Gloria Macapagal (1948 F, Filipino, POLITICS: stateswoman) Gloria Macapagal. born 1948, Filipino stateswoman; president of the Philippines from 2001; vice-president (1998-2001)
arroyo  (-roi)
A small, deep gully or channel of an ephemeral stream. Arroyos usually have relatively flat floors and are flanked by steep sides consisting of unconsolidated sediments. They are usually dry except after heavy rainfall.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.arroyo - a stream or brookarroyo - a stream or brook                    
southwestern United States, Southwest - the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado
gully - deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)
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Few western wonders are more inspiring than the beauties of an Arizona moonlit landscape; the silvered mountains in the distance, the strange lights and shadows upon hog back and arroyo, and the grotesque details of the stiff, yet beautiful cacti form a picture at once enchanting and inspiring; as though one were catching for the first time a glimpse of some dead and forgotten world, so different is it from the aspect of any other spot upon our earth.
A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
The deep arroyo through which Squaw Creek wound was now only a cleft between snowdrifts--very blue when one looked down into it.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
Sometimes, having exhausted our supply of wild meat and emptied our casks, we were days without food or drink; then a water-hole or a shallow pool in the bottom of an arroyo so restored our strength and sanity that we were able to shoot some of the wild animals that sought it also.
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