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White Sands

White Sands proper noun: a desert in Tularosa Basin, New Mexico, United States, composed of white gypsum sand.

Proper noun

White Sands

  1. A desert in Tularosa Basin, New Mexico, United States, composed of white gypsum sand.

Origin of White Sands

From white + sand. * (New Mexico): From the color of the sand, actually gypsum crystals, instead of feldspathic sand.

Questions about White Sands

What does White Sands mean?
White Sands means a desert in Tularosa Basin, New Mexico, United States, composed of white gypsum sand.
What part of speech is White Sands?
White Sands is a proper noun.

Words near White Sands in the dictionary

  1. white sages
  2. white sale
  3. white sales
  4. white salmon
  5. white salt
  6. White Sands
  7. white sapote
  8. white sapotes
  9. white sapphire
  10. white sapphires
  11. white satin

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