[1835–45, Amer.; ‹ Sp ‹ Ar al-sāqiyah the irrigation ditch]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: communism, crosshead, daisy chain, grandstand, protein
Examples of 'acequia' in a sentence
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Livestock-raising apparently continues to be critical to the acequia agropastoral economy.
Stephanie C. López, Andrés F. Cibils, Ursula R. Smedly, Steven J. Guldan, AlexanderG. Fernald, Carlos G. Ochoa, Kenneth G. Boykin, Lilian Cibils 2018, 'Linkages Between acequia Farming and Rangeland Grazing in Traditional AgropastoralCommunities of the Southwestern USA', Sustainabilityhttp://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/6/2021. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Now, climate change and urbanization threaten water availability, ecosystem functions, and the acequia communities themselves.
Kenneth Boykin, Marquita Ortiz, Brian Hurd, Carlos Ochoa, Caitriana Steele, StevenGuldan, Sylvia Rodríguez, José Rivera, Vincent Tidwell, Alexander Fernald, AndresCibils 2012, 'Modeling Sustainability of Water, Environment, Livelihood, and Culture in TraditionalIrrigation Communities and Their Linked Watersheds', Sustainabilityhttp://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/4/11/2998. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)