cerro

[ ser-oh ]

/ ˈsɛr oʊ /

noun, plural cer·ros. Southwestern U.S.

a hill or peak.

Origin of cerro

1825–35, Americanism; < American Spanish; Spanish: hill, backbone, neck of an animal < Latin cirrus curl, tuft (with shift: curly hair > hair on an animal's neck > neck or spine > hill)

Words nearby cerro

cerotype, cerous, cerrado, cerredo, cerritos, cerro, cerro de pasco, cerro de punta, cerro gordo, cerro tololo inter-american observatory, cert

Example sentences from the Web for cerro

They left the tavern and went along a street between sides of sand cut straight down, and started up the Cerro del Pimiento.

Csar or Nothing |Po Baroja Baroja
Strictly speaking, I was not in the engagement of Cerro Gordo.

The Guerilla Chief |Mayne Reid
A place name for a former ranch on the east slopes of Cerro Arenal; scrub forest .

A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico |William E. Duellman
The heights of Cerro Gordo were stormed and carried, and Grant, as usual, was in the thickest of the fight.

Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 of 8 |Various

Like his brother, he got married at an early period,—in fact, within the first year after establishing himself in Cerro Pasco.

Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 |Various

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

cerro

noun, plural cer·ros. Southwestern U.S.

Origin of cerro

Words nearby cerro

Example sentences from the Web for cerro