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a⋅ce⋅quia

  [uh-sey-kyuh; Sp. ah-se-kyah]
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–noun, plural -quias  [-kyuhz; Sp. -kyahs] . Southwestern U.S.
an irrigation ditch.
Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; < Sp < Ar al-sāqiyah the irrigation ditch
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a·ce·qui·a   (ə-sā'kē-ə)   
n.   Southwestern U.S.
An irrigation canal.

[Spanish, from Arabic as-sāqiya : al-, the + sāqiya, irrigation ditch, feminine active participle of saqā, to give to drink; see šqy in Semitic roots.]
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