Pecos

[ pey-kuh s, -kohs ]

/ ˈpeɪ kəs, -koʊs /

a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.

a town in W Texas, near the Pecos River.

Example sentences from the Web for pecos

The Texas men, hard riders and cheerful shooters for the most part, came pushing up the Pecos and into the Bonito cañon.

The Story of the Outlaw |Emerson Hough
But even those who never were caught and taken to the Pecos heard the story of it, and they, too, fear the Americans.

Lone Pine |R. B. (Richard Baxter) Townshend
No—must get up by old track—cross to dry gully—down that to Pecos.

The White Chief |Mayne Reid
On the side of the Staked Plain the Pecos receives but few affluents, and these of insignificant character.

The Lone Ranche |Captain Mayne Reid

An' that hunch wants to go around an' up to the big guns of Pecos.

The Rustlers of Pecos County |Zane Grey

Pecos

/ (ˈpeɪkəs, Spanish ˈpekɔs) /

a river in the southwestern US, rising in N central New Mexico and flowing southeast to the Rio Grande. Length: about 1180 km (735 miles)