Arroyan is a gender in the Aecor System in which ones gender feels like a small creek or stream. This could be a xenogender in which ones gender is connected to or influenced by streams, or it could be considered a form of multigender in which one feels faunagenders or kingenders related to the stream ecosystem. These include buggender, lizardgender, froggender, ichthyogender, and more. Arroyan may also be a genderfluid identity, in which ones gender feels like a constantly trickling stream.
It is very similar to rion, except that rion is more vast and feels larger than arroyan. An arroyan person may only identify with a few non-xenic genders that they fluctuate between in a less significant way, while a lochen person may identify with more, and the changes in gender may be more significant.
Etymology
Arroyan comes from the Spanish word for stream, arroyo.
History
Arroyan was coined by Fandom User Double-bi, also known as James, on January 2nd, 2021, in addition to the rest of the genders in the Aecor System.