cañada

• canada

From Spanish cañada, from Latin canna (“cane”) + -ada (“-ed”).

• IPA^(key): /kənˈjɑdə/, /kənˈjædə/

cañada (plural cañadas)

1. (US, dialect) Synonym of ravine: a gully, a narrow (often small) canyon.
   • 1885, W.H.Hudson, The Purple Land:

     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.

From caña +‎ -ada.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɲada/ [kaˈɲa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ca‧ña‧da

cañada f (plural cañadas)

1. glen, gully, ravine
2. green lane, droveway (road or track used for transhumance)

   Synonym: (Aragon) cabañera

• “cañada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024