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Alamosa

Alamosa proper noun: a city and home rule municipality, the county seat of Alamosa County, Colorado, United States.

Proper noun

Alamosa

  1. A city and home rule municipality, the county seat of Alamosa County, Colorado, United States.

Origin of Alamosa

From Spanish alamosa (“of cottonwood”).

Words formed from Alamosa

Questions about Alamosa

What does Alamosa mean?
Alamosa means a city and home rule municipality, the county seat of Alamosa County, Colorado, United States.
What part of speech is Alamosa?
Alamosa is a proper noun.

Words near Alamosa in the dictionary

  1. Alamogordo
  2. Alamogordo glass
  3. alamonti
  4. alamort
  5. alamos
  6. Alamosa
  7. Alamosa County
  8. alamosaur
  9. alamosaurs
  10. alamosite
  11. alamoth

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