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Cerro

Cerro proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Cerro (countable and uncountable, plural Cerros)

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Taos County, New Mexico, United States.

Forms of Cerro

pluralCerros

Origin of Cerro

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Italian Cerro, a habitational surname from any of various places called Cerro, from cerro (“Turkey oak”). * Borrowed from Spanish Cerro, a topographic surname for someone who lived by a hill or ridge, from cerro (“hill, hillock”).

Phrases with Cerro

Questions about Cerro

What does Cerro mean?
Cerro means a surname.
What part of speech is Cerro?
Cerro is a proper noun.

Words near Cerro in the dictionary

  1. Cerrigydrudion
  2. Cerrillo
  3. Cerrillos
  4. Cerrito
  5. Cerritos
  6. Cerro
  7. Cerro Bolívar
  8. Cerro de Pasco
  9. Cerro de Punta
  10. Cerro Gordo
  11. Cerro Gordo County

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