mogote

English

Etymology

Spanish mogote

Noun

mogote (plural mogotes)

1. A generally isolated, steep-sided residual hill, composed of limestone, marble, or dolomite and surrounded by nearly flat alluvial plains.
   • 2009 June 21, Wanda Praamsma, “Dour dad, prickly daughter: Trip together reveals deep bond”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     Burkhard and Jeannette invited us on a hike through the surrounding area, through the tobacco fields and past the mogotes, limestone hills that look like they just popped up through the ground, many with flattened plateau tops.

Anagrams

• gemoot

Spanish

Noun

mogote m (plural mogotes)

1. mogote

Further reading

• “mogote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014