gallina de la sierra

Spanish

Etymology

From gallina +‎ de +‎ la +‎ sierra, literally “hen of the mountain range”.

Noun

gallina de la sierra f (plural gallinas de la sierra)

1. (New Mexico, archaic) turkey (bird in the genus Meleagris)

   Synonyms: pavo, guajolote

See also

• gallina de la tierra

 

References

• Garland D. Bills, Neddy A. Vigil (2008) The Spanish Language of New Mexico and Southern Colorado: A Linguistic Atlas‎^[1], University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN
• Romero, Simon, Rios, Desiree (2023 April 9) “New Mexico Is Losing a Form of Spanish Spoken Nowhere Else on Earth”, in The New York Times‎^[2], retrieved April 9, 2023