zanja
/ˈθanxa/ · B2 · noun · f
ditch
🕳️ zanja sounds like 'THAN-ha': a long ditch where the hand-dug line THANks the ha-ha
Sounds like 'THAN-ha'. Link it to the English 'ha-ha', an old word for a sunken ditch-wall in gardens. Both name a trench dug in the ground. Spanish zanja = a dug channel for water or pipes.