arroyo

name

1. A surname from Spanish.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish arroyobor. English arroyo Borrowed from Spanish arroyo.

1. A dry creek or streambed, a gulch which temporarily or seasonally fills and flows (after sufficient rain).

   “Near-synonyms: wadi, nahal, wash, dry wash (synonymous other than regiolectal specificity)”

   “Across the field were the tents, and beyond them the brown cottonfields that stretched out of sight to the brown arroyo foothills and then the snow-capped Sierras in the morning air.”

2. Any watercourse; any rivulet (whether it flows year-round or only seasonally).