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arˇroyˇo  audio  (-roi) KEY 

NOUN:
pl. arˇroyˇos
  1. A deep gully cut by an intermittent stream; a dry gulch.
  2. A brook; a creek.
ETYMOLOGY:
Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *arrugius, gold mine, underground passage, variant of Latin arrugia, a galleried mine


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