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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish barranca.
Pronunciation
Noun
barranca (plural barrancas)
- A steep-sided gulch or arroyo; a canyon or ravine.
1947, Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 138:“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.
1973, Al Jardine (lyrics and music), “California Saga (California)”, in Holland, performed by The Beach Boys:Have you ever been south of Monterey? / Barrancas carve the coastline / And the chaparral flows to the sea / 'Neath waves of golden sunshine
1994, Gordon Bowker, Pursued by Furies: A Life of Malcolm Lowry:[…] his hero, the Consul, is shot and thrown down the barranca followed by a dead dog.
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈranka/
- Rhymes: -anka
- Syllabification: ba‧rran‧ca
Noun
barranca f (plural barrancas)
- canyon, ravine, barranca
- Synonyms: barranco, quiebra, quebrada
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