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Tierra Amarilla

Tierra Amarilla proper noun: an unincorporated community, the county seat of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States.

Proper noun

Tierra Amarilla

  1. An unincorporated community, the county seat of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States.
  2. A city and commune of Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile.

Origin of Tierra Amarilla

From Spanish tierra amarilla (“yellow soil”) (clay in New Mexico).

Questions about Tierra Amarilla

What does Tierra Amarilla mean?
Tierra Amarilla means an unincorporated community, the county seat of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States.
What part of speech is Tierra Amarilla?
Tierra Amarilla is a proper noun.

Words near Tierra Amarilla in the dictionary

  1. Tiernny
  2. Tierno
  3. Tiernos
  4. tierod
  5. tierods
  6. Tierra Amarilla
  7. Tierra del Fuego
  8. Tierra Firme
  9. Tierrablanca
  10. Tierrablancas
  11. tiers

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