huerta

See also: Huerta

English

Etymology

From Spanish huerta.

Noun

huerta (uncountable)

1. The area of Murcia and Valencia with fertile ground.
   • 2012, Douglas Hunter, The Race to the New World: Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, and a Lost History of Discovery, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 44:

     The city was situated in the huerta, some fifty square miles of rich alluvial fields with extensive irrigation canals, and was bordered by coastal lands dominated by marjals.

Anagrams

• Hauter, teruah, Huetar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin hortus. Cognate with Ladino guerta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈw̝eɾta/ [ˈw̝eɾ.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eɾta
• Syllabification: huer‧ta

Noun

huerta f (plural huertas)

1. (large) garden, vegetable garden

   Synonym: huerto (smaller)

2. orchard, cultivated land

   Synonym: vergel

3. the area of Murcia and Valencia with fertile ground

Derived terms

• alegría de la huerta

 

Related terms

• hortaliza
• hortelano
• hortícola
• horticultor
• horticultura
• huertano
• huerto

 

Further reading

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