huerta

See also: Huerta

English

Etymology

From Spanish huerta.

Noun

huerta (uncountable)

  1. The area of Murcia and Valencia with fertile ground.
    • 2012, Douglas Hunter, The Race to the New World: Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, and a Lost History of Discovery, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 44:
      The city was situated in the huerta, some fifty square miles of rich alluvial fields with extensive irrigation canals, and was bordered by coastal lands dominated by marjals.

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin hortus. Cognate with Ladino guerta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈw̝eɾta/ [ˈw̝eɾ.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -eɾta
  • Syllabification: huer‧ta

Noun

huerta f (plural huertas)

  1. (large) garden, vegetable garden
    Synonym: huerto (smaller)
  2. orchard, cultivated land
    Synonym: vergel
  3. the area of Murcia and Valencia with fertile ground

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