huerta
huerta noun: the area of Murcia and Valencia with fertile ground.
Noun
the huerta (uncountable)
- The area of Murcia and Valencia with fertile ground.
- The city was situated in the huerta, some fifty square miles of rich alluvial fields with extensive irrigation canals, and was bordered by coastal lands dominated by marjals.2012, Douglas Hunter, The Race to the New World: Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, and a Lost History of Discovery, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 44
Proper noun capitalized: Huerta
Huerta (plural Huertas)
- A surname from Spanish.
- A law enforcement officer approached Huerta and told him to leave, then put his hands on Huerta to move him out of the way of a vehicle, the agent wrote.2025 June 9, Mónica De Anda, “SEIU President David Huerta released from custody on $50k bond following arrest during ICE raid”, in KABC-TV
Forms of huerta
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Origin of huerta
Borrowed from Spanish huerta.
Borrowed from Spanish Huerta.
Phrases with huerta
Questions about huerta
- What does huerta mean?
- Huerta means the area of Murcia and Valencia with fertile ground.
- What part of speech is huerta?
- Huerta can be a noun or a proper noun.
Words near huerta in the dictionary
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