Definitions for cienaga

cienaga cié·na·ga

Spelling: [syey-nuh-guh, syen-uh<
IPA: /ˈsyeɪ nə gə, ˈsyɛn ə-, ˈsɪn-/

Cienaga is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 123 anagrams from letters in cienaga (aacegin).

Definitions for cienaga

noun

  1. a swamp or marsh, especially one formed and fed by springs.
  2. a city in N Colombia, on the SE coast of the Caribbean Sea.

Origin of cienaga

1840-50, Americanism; Spanish, derivative of cieno mud, slime Latin caenum filth

Examples for cienaga

That the brook flowed from the cienaga, or marsh, where the Navajos were rendezvoused, was an easy inference.

Irrigation is carried on most scientifically, the water coming from a creek and the "cienaga," which I will explain later.

The cienaga de Zapata is the largest and most easily drainable of the swamp areas mentioned.

A moment, and a clear, girlish voice called from among the trees that bordered the cienaga, "Whoo-ee."

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