acequia

English

Etymology

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish; ultimately from Classical (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic verb سَقَى (saqā, “to irrigate”).

Noun

acequia (plural acequias)

1. (used in the Southwestern US or in reference to Spain, chiefly agriculture) An acequia, an irrigation ditch.

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Spanish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic سَاقِيَة (sāqiya, “irrigation”), from سَقَى (saqā, “to irrigate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈθekja/ [aˈθe.kja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈsekja/ [aˈse.kja]

Noun

acequia f (plural acequias)

1. (agriculture) irrigation ditch

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001