jornada

noun

jor·​na·​da

hȯ(r)ˈnädə

plural -s

Southwest

: an arduous usually one-day journey across a stretch of desert

almost perished for lack of water on this grim jornada

—R. G. Cleland

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, from Old Spanish, from Old Provençal jornada, from jorn day, from Late Latin diurnum

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