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Gila
//ˈhiː.lə// adj, name, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Mad; crazy; insane. Singlish, not-comparable
"You gila (mad) or what? Our government good government okay?"
Proper Noun
- 1 A 649-mile (1,044 km) tributary of the Colorado River which flows through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States.
"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."
- 2 A census-designated place in Grant County, New Mexico
Noun
- 1 A Gila monster.
"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.
"In addition, area streams containing Gilas provide potential for far more fishing than any brown trout water — first, because the Gilas ..."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Malay gila.
Etymology 2
From Spanish Gila, from a native (Yuma?) name.
Etymology 3
From Spanish Gila, from a native (Yuma?) name.
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