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LLANO ESTACADO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Llano Estacado mean? 

LLANO ESTACADO (noun)
  The noun LLANO ESTACADO has 1 sense:

1. a large semiarid plateau forming the southern part of the Great Plainsplay

  Familiarity information: LLANO ESTACADO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LLANO ESTACADO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A large semiarid plateau forming the southern part of the Great Plains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

plateau; tableland (a relatively flat highland)

Holonyms ("Llano Estacado" is a part of...):

Land of Enchantment; N.M.; New Mexico; NM (a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border)

OK; Okla.; Oklahoma; Sooner State (a state in south central United States)

Lone-Star State; Tex.; Texas; TX (the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico)

Great Plains; Great Plains of North America (a vast prairie region extending from Alberta and Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada south through the west central United States into Texas; formerly inhabited by Native Americans)


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