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El Cerrito

El Cerrito proper noun: a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.

Proper noun

El Cerrito

  1. A city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
    • Ruthanna Boris, a versatile dancer and choreographer who was the first American ballerina to be a star of one of the prestigious Ballets Russes troupes of the ’40s, died Friday at her home in El Cerrito, Calif. She was 88.2007 January 8, Jack Anderson, “Ruthanna Boris, Versatile Ballet Russe Dancer, Dies at 88”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021
  2. A census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States.

Origin of El Cerrito

Borrowed from Spanish El Cerrito (literally “the little hill”).

Questions about El Cerrito

What does El Cerrito mean?
El Cerrito means a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
What part of speech is El Cerrito?
El Cerrito is a proper noun.

Words near El Cerrito in the dictionary

  1. El Camino Real
  2. El Capitan
  3. El Carmen
  4. El Carrizal
  5. El Centro
  6. El Cerrito
  7. el cheapo
  8. el cheapos
  9. El Clasico
  10. El Clásico
  11. El Clásicos

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