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Sandia Mountains

Sandia Mountains proper noun: a mountain range east of the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the southwestern United States.

sandia mountains: a mountain range east of the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the southwestern United States
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Proper noun

the Sandia Mountains pl (normally plural, singular Sandia Mountain)

  1. (plural-normally) A mountain range east of the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the southwestern United States.

Forms of Sandia Mountains

singularSandia Mountain

Origin of Sandia Mountains

Borrowed from Spanish sandía (“watermelon”), which is popularly believed to be a reference to the reddish color of the mountains at sunset.

Words formed from Sandia Mountains

Questions about Sandia Mountains

What does Sandia Mountains mean?
Sandia Mountains means a mountain range east of the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the southwestern United States.
What part of speech is Sandia Mountains?
Sandia Mountains is a proper noun.

Words near Sandia Mountains in the dictionary

  1. sandhyas
  2. sandhyavandanam
  3. sandhyavandanams
  4. Sandi
  5. Sandia
  6. Sandia Mountains
  7. Sandiacre
  8. Sandias
  9. Sandidge
  10. Sandidges
  11. Sandie

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