Sandia Mountains

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

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

  1. A mountain range east of the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the southwestern United States.

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