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cañadas

cañadas is the plural of cañada.

Meaning of cañada

Noun

cañada (plural cañadas)

  1. (US, dialectal) Synonym of ravine: a gully, a narrow (often small) canyon.
    • In the cañada we stopped to water our horses, and there heard that the enemy were advancing along it at a rapid pace, evidently hoping to cut off our supposed retreat towards the Cuchilla.1885, W.H.Hudson, The Purple Land
    Synonyms:
    ravine

Questions about cañadas

What is cañadas the plural of?
Cañadas is the plural of cañada.

Words near cañadas in the dictionary

  1. caïquejee
  2. caïquejees
  3. caïques
  4. Caïssa
  5. cañada
  6. cañadas
  7. cañaigre
  8. cañao
  9. Cañar
  10. cañon
  11. Cañon City

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