Gila

gila English Etymology From en es Gila, from a native (en yum -?) name. Pronunciation en /ˈhiː.lə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gila.wav Southern England Proper noun A 649-mile (1,044 km) tributary of the Colorado River which flows through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States. I 20 Some of its tributaries rise in the mountains to the south, in the territory belonging to the republic of Mexico, but the Gila gathers the greater part of its waters from a great plateau on the northeast. en Wallace Stegner Wallace Stegner Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West Houghton Mifflin 1954 53009245 1109805 277 https://archive.org/details/beyondhundredthm00steg/page/277 On that map the Colorado River headed near the headwaters of the Del Norte (Rio Grande) and ran almost straight southwest to the Gulf of California. The Gila joined it at right angles, precisely at its mouth. en CDP co/Grant County s/New Mexico. Derived terms en Gila chub (Gila intermedia species) Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Gila County Gila National Forest Gila manroot (Marah gilensis species) Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum species) Gila River Gila springsnail (Pyrgulopsis gilae species) Gila sucker (Catostomus insignis species) Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis species) Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae species) Gila tryonia (Tryonia gilae species) Gila Wilderness Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis species) Noun A Gila monster. en 1964 Will Barker Familiar reptiles and amphibians of America 92 The dealers in live Gilas were paying local trappers twenty-five to fifty cents an inch; in turn the lizards were being sold to out-of-state dealers at one to two dollars an inch. A Gila trout. en 1998 Rex Johnson; Ron Smorynski Fly-fishing in Southern New Mexico 9780826319821 99 In addition, area streams containing Gilas provide potential for far more fishing than any brown trout water — first, because the Gilas ... en 2013 Bob W. Willis Trout Adventures 9781932098983 109 There were trout, they were small, and they were not Gilas. Anagrams en agil Alig Gail Gali Liga glia