Gila

Gila

See also: gila

English

Etymology

From Spanish Gila, from a native (Yuma?) name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiː.lə/

Proper noun

Gila

1. A 649-mile (1,044 km) tributary of the Colorado River which flows through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States.

Derived terms

• Gila County
• Gila monster
• Gila trout
• Gila woodpecker

Noun

Gila (plural Gilas)

1. A Gila monster.
   • 1964, Will Barker, Familiar reptiles and amphibians of America, page 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.

2. A Gila trout.
   • 1998, Rex Johnson, Ron Smorynski, Fly-fishing in Southern New Mexico (→ISBN), page 99:

     In addition, area streams containing Gilas provide potential for far more fishing than any brown trout water — first, because the Gilas ...

   • 2013, Bob W. Willis, Trout Adventures (→ISBN), page 109:

     There were trout, they were small, and they were not Gilas.

Anagrams

• Gail, Liga, glia