bajada
noun
ba·ja·da
variants or less commonly bahada
bəˈhädə
plural -s
1
Southwest : a steep curved descending road or trail
2
: a broad alluvial slope extending from the base of a mountain range out into a basin and formed by coalescence of separate alluvial fans
Word History
Etymology
Spanish bajada slope, descent, from feminine of bajado, past participle of bajar to descend, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin bassiare, from Late Latin bassus fat, short, low
First Known Use
1866, in the meaning defined at sense 1