Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A deep ravine or gorge.
- noun A bluff.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A deep ravine, mountain-gorge, or defile: a word frequently used by writers on Mexican and South American geography and travel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Texas & N. Mex. A ravine caused by heavy rains or a watercourse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A steep-sided
gulch orarroyo ; acanyon orravine .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Even now, the meandering black strip of asphalt, cut deep into the green hillside, and perched on the edge of the deep 'barranca', is like an unwelcome intruder in the landscape.
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Even now, the meandering black strip of asphalt, cut deep into the green hillside, and perched on the edge of the deep 'barranca', is like an unwelcome intruder in the landscape.
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Even now, the meandering black strip of asphalt, cut deep into the green hillside, and perched on the edge of the deep 'barranca', is like an unwelcome intruder in the landscape.
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The barranca is the site of the ancient right of way that in the time of private property in land ran across the holding of one Chauvet, a French pioneer of California who came from his native country in the fabled days of gold.
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The barranca is 2000 feet deep and is cut in layers of resistant basaltic lava flows and softer explosive fragmental material.
The geology and geography of Lake Chapala and western Mexico 2006
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The barranca is 2000 feet deep and is cut in layers of resistant basaltic lava flows and softer explosive fragmental material.
The geology and geography of Lake Chapala and western Mexico 2006
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The barranca is 2000 feet deep and is cut in layers of resistant basaltic lava flows and softer explosive fragmental material.
The geology and geography of Lake Chapala and western Mexico 2006
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While one would think that cañon means canyon, google says it is barranca and I remembered that the canyon outside of Guadalajara is called a barranca as well.
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While one would think that cañon means canyon, google says it is barranca and I remembered that the canyon outside of Guadalajara is called a barranca as well.
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While one would think that cañon means canyon, google says it is barranca and I remembered that the canyon outside of Guadalajara is called a barranca as well.
qms commented on the word barranca
Or canyon in old Salamanca,
When gulch and ravine,
And gully all mean
Arroyo, what need of barranca?
April 4, 2016
qms commented on the word barranca
See comments at clough.
June 3, 2018