Usually means: Dry creek bed, desert drainage.
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  1. arroyo: Merriam-Webster
  2. arroyo: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. arroyo: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. arroyo: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Arroyo, arroyo: Wordnik
  7. Arroyo, arroyo: Wiktionary
  8. arroyo: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. arroyo: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  12. arroyo: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. arroyo: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Arroyo (creek), Arroyo (surname), Arroyo: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Arroyo: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. arroyo: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. arroyo: Rhymezone
  18. Arroyo, arroyo: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. arroyo: FreeDictionary.org
  20. arroyo: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. arroyo: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. arroyo: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Arroyo)

▸ noun:  A dry creek or streambed, a gulch which temporarily or seasonally fills and flows (after sufficient rain).
▸ noun:  Any watercourse; any rivulet (whether it flows year-round or only seasonally).
▸ noun:  A surname from Spanish.

Similar:
wash, barranca, guelta, barranco, dry wash, creek bed, gully, stream, trough, acequia, more...

Opposite:
hill, mountain, plateau, ridge, summit

Phrases:
Arroyo Grande, arroyo willow, eduardo arroyo, arroyo toad, macapagal arroyo, more...

Adjectives:
dry, deep, small, macapagal, little, wide, shallow, sandy, narrow, large, big

Colors:
    sandy brown,     desert tan,     burnt sienna,     ochre,     rust, more...


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Similar:
wash, barranca, guelta, barranco, dry wash, creek bed, gully, stream, trough, acequia, more...

Opposite:
hill, mountain, plateau, ridge, summit

Phrases:
Arroyo Grande, arroyo willow, eduardo arroyo, arroyo toad, macapagal arroyo, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Diego de Arroyo, Presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Carlos Arroyo, Christian Arroyo, more...

Adjectives:
dry, deep, small, macapagal, little, wide, shallow, sandy, narrow, large, big

Colors:
    sandy brown,     desert tan,     burnt sienna,     ochre,     rust, more...



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