pedregal

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English

Etymology

From Spanish pedregal (a stony place), from piedra (stone).

Noun

pedregal (plural pedregals)

  1. (of Mexico and western US) A lava field.

Spanish

Noun

pedregal m (plural pedregales)

  1. A place or region with rocky terrain.
    • 2015 September 13, “Por qué el Estado Islámico no ganará”, in El País[1]:
      Serán vencidos porque los Peshmergas, una vez pasado el primer momento de estupor, hace un año, fortificaron sus posiciones en torno a la presa de Mosul, trazaron pistas entre los pedregales por encima de Bajdida, construyeron un verdadero Douaumont en el sector más estratégico de la región de Kirkuk, fortificaron las cimas rocosas de la zona de Zartik, excavaron en los llanos trincheras de cinco a diez metros de ancho para detener a los camiones kamikazes.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (Mexico) lava field

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pedregal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)