Pecos River
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- proper noun
- /ˈpeɪkəs ˈrɪvər/
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río Pecos
- Many anglers visit the Pecos River each year to fish for trout and catfish.
Examples
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The Pecos River is a popular spot for kayaking and canoeing during the summer months.
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- That there the Pecos River.
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And the Pecos River still flows on.
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A modern, small town of Pecos now flanks the Pecos River.
Academic text (1992) -
Crossin' the Pecos River bed, somethin' fell out and lid on to his head.
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San Miguel soon became the main crossing point of the Pecos River and an important center for Indian-Hispanic interaction.
Academic text (1992) -
By 1800, the Spanish had settled San Miguel del Vado, a ford point on the Pecos River about twenty miles southeast of Pecos.
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With the threat of constant raiding removed after 1786, Hispanics moved up the Chama Valley, into the San Luis Valley of Colorado, down the Pecos River, and into western Texas and Oklahoma.
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The Pecos River flows through western Texas, offering beautiful views of the surrounding landscape.
Synonyms
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A river in New Mexico and western Texas that flows into the Rio Grande
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is a place name formed from the proper name 'Pecos' plus the noun 'river', so its meaning — a river called Pecos — is directly derivable from the constituents. A B1 learner who knows 'Pecos' as a name (or at least recognizes naming patterns) and 'river' will understand it denotes a specific river; this compositional naming pattern is cross-linguistically common.
Etymology
Pecos River may come from a Native American village called Pecos that stood beside the water long ago. Spanish visitors used that village name for the river, so the name today reminds us of the people and place by the river.