ciénaga

ciénaga or cie·ne·ga [syey-nuh-guh, syen-uh-, sin-] ExamplesWord Origin noun Southwestern U.S.

1. a swamp or marsh, especially one formed and fed by springs.

Origin of ciénaga 1840–50, Americanism; Spanish, derivative of cieno mud, slime Latin caenum filth Ciénaga [sye-nah-gah] noun

1. a city in N Colombia, on the SE coast of the Caribbean Sea.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for cienaga Historical Examples of cienaga

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

The History of Cuba, vol. 5

Willis Fletcher Johnson

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

A Truthful Woman in Southern California

Kate Sanborn

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

Captured by the Navajos

Charles A. Curtis

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

The Eyes of the World

Harold Bell Wright