Etymology

cienega

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Today it means: A marshy spring where groundwater bubbles to the surface. Full definition →

Spanish ciénega
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The story

  1. Spanish · borrowed fromciénega“marsh, swamp”
  2. English todaycienega

From Spanish ciénega (“marsh, swamp”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.