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cuesta

Syllables: cues·ta/ˈkwɛstə/

cuesta noun: a hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other.

cuesta: a hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other
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Noun

cuesta (plural cuestas)

  1. A hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other.
    • At that point the cuesta is 10 miles wide but the hilltops have an eastward descent of only about 62 feet. In its general eastward slope the surface of the cuesta is exactly that of one made by weathering and stream erosion, acting upon a gently-dipping limestone bed in a region never glaciated.1965, Lawrence Martin, The Physical Geography of Wisconsin, Univ of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 217
    • In eastern Wisconsin the cuesta is drift-covered and less noticeable; permanent settlement came later; lead and zinc mining was absent; and industrial development took a different course.1986, Gwen Schultz, Wisconsin's Foundations: A Review of the State's Geology and Its Influence on Geography and Human Activity, Univ of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 127

Proper noun capitalized: Cuesta

Cuesta (plural Cuestas)

  1. A surname from Spanish.

cuesta meaning in Tamil

cuesta in Tamil

அறுபட்ட செங்குத்துச் சரிவு

Forms of cuesta

Noun
pluralcuestas
Proper noun
pluralCuestas

Origin of cuesta

Borrowed from Spanish cuesta (“slope”). Doublet of coast.

From Spanish Cuesta.

Words that rhyme with cuesta

Questions about cuesta

What does cuesta mean?
Cuesta means a hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other.
What is cuesta in Tamil?
Cuesta in Tamil is அறுபட்ட செங்குத்துச் சரிவு. See Cuesta meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cuesta?
Cuesta can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce cuesta?
Cuesta is pronounced /ˈkwɛstə/.
What is the plural of cuesta?
The plural of cuesta is cuestas.

Words near cuesta in the dictionary

  1. cues up
  2. cuesheet
  3. cuesheets
  4. cuesport
  5. cuesports
  6. cuesta
  7. cuestas
  8. Cuestases
  9. cuestick
  10. cuesticks
  11. Cueto

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cuesta (page history and authors); Cuesta (page history and authors); cuesta (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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