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单词 rincon
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rinconn.

Brit. /rɪŋˈkɒn/, /rɪŋˈkəʊn/, U.S. /rɪŋˈkɑn/, /rɪŋˈkoʊn/
Inflections: Plural rincons, rincones Brit. /rɪŋˈkəʊneɪs/, U.S. /rɪŋˈkoʊneɪs/.
Forms: 1500s 1700s– rincon, 1800s– rincón.
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish rincón.
Etymology: < Spanish rincón corner (13th cent.; also as †rancón, †rencón); further etymology uncertain: perhaps < a Spanish Arabic variant (with epenthetic vowel) of Arabic rukn corner. Compare Catalan racó (1257).
Now esp. in the south-western United States: a piece of land, typically one situated in a secluded or sheltered area such as a valley or river bend.
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1589 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 726 The coast lyeth North and South vnto 53 degrees and a halfe, vnto a place called Punta de Santa Anna: and to the Northwest thereof in a corner or nooke (which is one of the rincones or nookes) was the towne builded called La Ciudad del Don Philippe.
1761 Crit. Rev. Mar. 262 Spain had some right to expect the English settlers should quit the Rio Tinto near the Rincon of the Mosquito shore in America.
1862 F. A. Blucher Let. 15 Oct. in War of Rebellion (U.S. War Dept.) (1886) 1st Ser. XV. 828 I have constructed a cause-way, on floating piles, across the bayou, separating the rincon from the main-land north of the city.
1907 W. Hough Antiq. Upper Gila & Salt River Valleys 72 Among them may be mentioned the ruin at Gallo spring, an ancient pueblo situated in a rincon of the Gallo mountains.
1944 C. L. McNichols Crazy Weather xiv. 179 There's a rincon in the bluff where the mesa bends. That's a good place.
1992 C. McCarthy All Pretty Horses (1993) iv. 276 The fire in the tank behind them was invisible save for the play of it on the rocks of the rincón.
2003 B. Grubbs Backpacking Arizona 36 Watch for several rincons perched above the riverbed.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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