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calaveras

calaveras is the plural of calavera.

Meaning of calavera

Noun

calavera (plural calaveras)

  1. sugar skull

Proper noun capitalized: Calaveras

Calaveras

  1. A community in Wilson County, Texas, United States.
  2. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Calaveras County.

Origin of calaveras

From Spanish calavera (“skull”).

Words formed from calaveras

Phrases with calaveras

Questions about calaveras

What does calaveras mean?
Calaveras means a community in Wilson County, Texas, United States.
What is calaveras the plural of?
Calaveras is the plural of calavera.
What part of speech is calaveras?
Calaveras is a proper noun.

Words near calaveras in the dictionary

  1. Calauan
  2. calavance
  3. calavances
  4. calavarial
  5. calavera
  6. calaveras
  7. Calaveras County
  8. Calaveras warbler
  9. Calaveras warblers
  10. calaverite
  11. calaverites

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