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barrancas

barrancas is the plural of barranca.

Meaning of barranca

Noun

barranca (plural barrancas)

  1. A steep-sided gulch or arroyo; a canyon or ravine.
    • “Well: hardly,” said the Consul, softly as before, casting a suspicious eye for his part in the other direction at some maguey growing beyond the barranca, like a battalion moving up a slope under machine-gun fire.1947, Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 138

Questions about barrancas

What is barrancas the plural of?
Barrancas is the plural of barranca.

Words near barrancas in the dictionary

  1. barramundas
  2. barramundi
  3. barramundis
  4. Barramunga
  5. barranca
  6. barrancas
  7. barranco
  8. barrancoes
  9. barrancos
  10. barrandite
  11. barrandites

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