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cuestas

cuestas is the plural of cuesta.

Meaning of cuesta

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

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Proper noun (1) capitalized: Cuestas

Cuestas (plural Cuestases)

  1. A surname from Spanish.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Cuestas

Cuestas

  1. (plural) plural of Cuesta

Forms of cuestas

pluralCuestases

Origin of cuestas

Borrowed from Spanish Cuestas.

Questions about cuestas

What does cuestas mean?
Cuestas means a surname from Spanish.
What is cuestas the plural of?
Cuestas is the plural of cuesta.
What part of speech is cuestas?
Cuestas is a proper noun.

Words near cuestas in the dictionary

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

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