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arroyo

[ uh-roi-oh ]

noun

, plural ar·roy·os.
  1. (chiefly in southwest U.S.) a small steep-sided watercourse or gulch with a nearly flat floor: usually dry except after heavy rains.


Arroyo

1

/ əˈrɔɪjəʊ /

noun

  1. ArroyoGloria Macapagal1947FFilipinoPOLITICS: stateswoman Gloria Macapagal. born 1947, Filipino stateswoman; vice-president of the Philippines (1998–2001); president (2001–10)


arroyo

2

/ əˈrɔɪəʊ /

noun

  1. a steep-sided stream bed that is usually dry except after heavy rain

arroyo

/ ə-roiō /

  1. A small, deep gully or channel of an ephemeral stream. Arroyos usually have relatively flat floors and are flanked by steep sides consisting of unconsolidated sediments. They are usually dry except after heavy rainfall.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of arroyo1

1800–10, Americanism; < Spanish; akin to Latin arrūgia mine shaft

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Word History and Origins

Origin of arroyo1

C19: from Spanish

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Example Sentences

So I run most days—sometimes a few miles, sometimes much more—through the sandy arroyos of my backyard in northern New Mexico.

Arroyo had no night operator, so we agreed that the stolen engine might easily have slipped past there without being marked down.

Gorcher came back pretty soon with his clearance, which gave him the right to run to Arroyo as first section of Number Eighteen.

He did it to the queen's taste; and in exactly eight minutes out of Banta we tore over the switches at Arroyo.

Arroyo has no night operator, and when we sneaked through the Banta yard and past the station, the operator there was asleep.

At midnight the wearied pursuers dropped down from a high plateau to a narrow arroyo.

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