Word of the Day 12/25/22 Acequia

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Acequia (noun)
acequia [ uh-sey-kyuh; Spanish ah-se-kyah ]

noun, plural a·ce·quias [uh-sey-kyuhz; Spanish ah-se-kyahs]. Southwestern U.S.
1. an irrigation ditch.

ORIGIN: 1835–45, Americanism; < Spanish < Arabic al-sāqiyah the irrigation ditch

HOW TO USE ACEQUIA IN A SENTENCE
The dry reservoir and the ruined acequia proved the care that had in former times been bestowed on its irrigation.
THE RIFLE RANGERS|CAPTAIN MAYNE REID

He said his horse had stumbled into an acequia in the darkness and fallen on him, and now he wanted to get up.
MARION'S FAITH.|CHARLES KING

The Acequia Court is one of the most beautiful of the patios in the buildings comprising the Alhambra.
OLD CONTINENTAL TOWNS|WALTER M. GALLICHAN

It's all out of kindness, isn't it, that he's going to make the rocks fly away out of the acequia to-morrow?
LONE PINE|R. B. (RICHARD BAXTER) TOWNSHEND

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