huerta

See also: Huerta

English

Etymology

From Spanish huerta.

Noun

huerta (plural huertas)

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.

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