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catinga

catinga is the alternative form of caatinga.

Meaning of caatinga

Noun

caatinga (plural caatingas)

  1. A sparse, thorny wooded biome of northeastern Brazil containing drought-resistant trees.
    • He then goes on his way at a steady pace that does not tire him, climbing up slopes or down ravines, traversing scrubland caatinga or stony ground.1984, Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, translation of La guerra del fin del mundo by Mario Vargas Llosa, published 2012, page 187

Forms of catinga

pluralcatingas

Questions about catinga

What is catinga the alternative form of?
Catinga is the alternative form of caatinga.

Words near catinga in the dictionary

  1. Catiline
  2. Catilines
  3. Catilinian
  4. Catillac
  5. Catillacs
  6. catinga
  7. catingas
  8. Catino
  9. Catinos
  10. catio
  11. catiomer

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