rincón
English
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Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]rincón (plural rincons or rincones)
- (US, Southwestern US) A meadow on the south-facing upper slopes of a mountain.
- (US, Southwestern US) An abandoned meander.
- (US, Southwestern US) An interior corner; a nook; hence, an angular recess or hollow bend in a mountain, river, cliff, etc.
Anagrams
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic رُكْن (rukn, “corner, nook”), via Andalusian Arabic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rincón m (plural rincones)
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “rincón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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