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cuesta¹

  • /ˈkwɛstə/
  • [ˈkʰwɛstə]

Rhymes with -ɛstə

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish cuesta (“slope”). Doublet of coast.

noun cuestas

  1. A hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other. At that point the cuesta is 10 miles wide but the hilltops have an eastward descent of only about 62 feet. In its general eastward slope the surface of the cuesta is exactly that of one made by weathering and stream erosion, acting upon a gently-dipping limestone bed in a region never glaciated.

Cuesta²

Where it comes from

From Spanish Cuesta.

proper noun Cuestas

  1. A surname from Spanish.

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"cuesta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cuesta. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cuesta. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cuesta

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"cuesta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cuesta.

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@misc{cuesta_2026,
  title = {cuesta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cuesta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}