Gila

[ hee-luh ]

noun

1. a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1,015 km) long.

Example Sentences

“The federal government has never formally apologized for what happened until today. I formally apologize,” Biden said during his speech to the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona.

From Salon

Route 191 bends east here, passing by blooming cotton fields nourished by the Gila River before the terrain becomes rockier and steeper.

From Los Angeles Times

As governor of the Gila River Indian Community, Stephen Roe Lewis keeps busy with his usual duties, launching new water projects and snapping photos with students at scholarship dinners.

From Los Angeles Times

Joshua Briese, who had been with the Gila River Police Department for less than a year and had not completed field training, responded to the scene along with another tribal police officer around 2 a.m.

From Seattle Times

McSpadden observed that this can happen in "multiple ways," from reintroducing populations to the "absolutely critical" goal of protecting their potential habitats like the Sky Islands, the Mogollon Rim and Gila National Forest.

From Salon