Definition of Barranco

1. barranca [n -COS] - See also: barranca

Lexicographical Neighbors of Barranco

barrage
barrage balloon
barrage balloons
barrage fire
barrage jam
barrage jamming
barraged
barrages
barraging
barramunda
barramundas
barramundi
barramundis
barranca
barrancas
barranco (current term)
barrancos
barras
barrat
barrater
barraters
barrator
barrators
barratries
barratrous
barratry
barrats
barre
barred
barred antshrike

Literary usage of Barranco

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Landscapes of Gran Canaria by Noel Rochford (2004)
"The barranco Azuaje is crammed full of vegetation, and a little babbling brook keeps you ... The walk is in two sections: up the barranco to the waterfall, ..."

2. Landscapes of La Palma and El Hierro: A Countryside Guide by Noel Rochford (2004)
"There's no barranco like this one in the whole archipelago. ... After you cross the barranco del Agua for the third time (45min), look below the road on the ..."

3. Tenerife and Its Six Satellites: Or, The Canary Islands Past and Present by Olivia M. Stone (1889)
"THE REALEJOS—ICOD ALTO—barranco DE CASTRO. But oh ! what muse, and in what powers of song, Can trace the torrent as it burns along ? ..."

4. Fuerteventura by Noel Rochford (2004)
"The best place to leave your car is 1 km downhill, just past the bus stop. Alternative walk: barranco de las Penitas — Ajuy — Pena Horadada ..."

5. Landscapes of the Costa Blanca: A Countryside Guide by John Oldfield, Christine Oldfield (2002)
"Park well off the road, just to the west of the bridge, opposite the road down to the barranco de la Encantada (with a sign, ..."

6. Landscapes of Tenerife: A Countryside Guide by Noel Rochford (2004)
"... barranco; in summer the lower reaches are dry. From the bus stop, head straight along to the mirador — some 10 minutes from the TF12. ..."

7. Rides and Studies in the Canary Islands by Charles Edwardes (1888)
"WE descended the walls of the barranco de las Angustias by a series of precipitous zigzags cut in the loose and consolidated volcanic ash, white and black, ..."

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