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rambla

dry riverbed that floods with rain; in some cities, a promenadecauce de aguas de lluvia; en algunas ciudades, paseo

Comes from Arabic

رَمْلَة

ramla

“sandy ground”«arenal»

Arabic today says

مَسِيل

masīl

Root

ر م ل

r-m-l

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

Ramla, "sandy ground", was the dry, sandy bed where water runs when it rains. Barcelona's Ramblas were laid out over one of these channels; a b slipped in between m and l.Ramla, «arenal», era el lecho seco y arenoso por donde corre el agua cuando llueve. Las Ramblas de Barcelona se trazaron sobre uno de esos cauces; la b se metió entre m y l.