Acequia Definition
ə-sākē-ə
acequia
noun
An irrigation canal.
American Heritage
In the Southwest, an irrigation canal.
Webster's New World
(used in the Southwestern US or in reference to Spain, chiefly agriculture) An acequia, an irrigation ditch.
Wiktionary
Origin of Acequia
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Spanish from Arabic as-sāqiya al- the sāqiya irrigation ditch feminine active participle of saqā to give to drink šqy in Semitic roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From the Spanish; ultimately from Classical Arabic verb سقى (saqā, “to irrigate”).
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