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‖ arroyo|əˈrɔɪəʊ|
Also erron. arroya.
[Sp.:—OSp. arrogio, med.L. arrogium, found as early as 775 (Diez); origin uncertain.]
A rivulet or stream; hence, the bed of a stream, a gully. (in U.S.)
[1807Deb. Congress 1st Sess. I. App. 571/1 The country east of the Sabine to the Arroyo Hondo.] 1845Frémont Exped. Rocky Mts. 252 We discovered..groves of oak trees on a dry arroyo. 1846Sage Scenes Rocky Mts. xix, The banks of this arroyo are very steep and high. 1850B. Taylor Eldorado v. (1862) 49 The deep gullies or arroyos with which it is seamed. 1872C. King Sierra Nev. vi. 119 At brief intervals, were sharp, narrow arroyos. |