White Sands

English

Etymology

From white +‎ sand.

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

Proper noun

White Sands

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