Acequia, Colorado
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Acequia is an unincorporated community located in Douglas County
, Colorado
, United States
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Acequia
is a Spanish
word meaning "canal" or "channel", so the name was likely in reference to the nearby High Line Canal
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Douglas County, Colorado
Douglas County is the eighth most populous of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado, in the United States. The county is located midway between Colorado's two largest cities: Denver and Colorado Springs...
, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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Acequia
Acequia
An acequia or séquia is a community-operated waterway used in Spain and former Spanish colonies in the Americas for irrigation. Particularly in Spain, the Andes, northern Mexico, and the modern-day American Southwest, acequias are usually historically engineered canals that carry snow runoff or...
is a Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
word meaning "canal" or "channel", so the name was likely in reference to the nearby High Line Canal
High Line Canal
The High Line Canal is a man-made waterway, used for irrigation and recreation, that serves the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area. The High Line Canal begins at a diversion dam on the South Platte River, some above the mouth of Waterton Canyon...
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