noun, feminine/aˈθekja/plural: acequias
irrigation ditch
“Los caballos bebían en una gran acequia que de un punto a otro atravesaba el pueblo[…].” — The horses drank from a large ditch that crossed the town from one point to another.
Synonyms: apante, zanja, canal
Related: acequia madre
From Arabic السَّاقِيَة (as-sāqiya, “the ditch”), from سَقَى (saqā, “to water”), through Andalusian Arabic. Compare Catalan séquia and Sicilian saja.