bajada

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noun

In the southwestern US, a slope, specifically part of a piedmont slope made of rocky detritus.

OriginSpanish bajada ← Old Spanish baxar ← Vulgar Latin *bassiāre →
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Meanings

nounbajada (plural bajadas)

plural bajadas · alternative bahada

  1. USIn the southwestern US, a slope, specifically part of a piedmont slope made of rocky detritus.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷémtis
  3. Proto-Hellenic*gʷə́tis
  4. Ancient Greekβάσις (básis)bor.?
  5. Ancient Greekβαθύς (bathús)bor.?
  6. Latinbassus
  7. Vulgar Latin*bassiāre
  8. Old Spanishbaxar
  9. Spanishbajar
  10. Spanishbajada
  11. Englishbajada

Borrowed from Spanish bajada.

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APA

bajada. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bajada

MLA

“bajada.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bajada. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bajada,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bajada.

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