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  2. Llano Estacado - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish name Llano Estacado is often interpreted as meaning "Staked Plains", although "stockaded" or "palisaded plains" have also been proposed, [2] [4]: 355 in which case the name would derive from the steep escarpments on the eastern, northern, and western periphery of the plains.

  3. Llano - Wikipedia

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    Llano River, a Texas river; Llano Uplift, a geologic dome exposing Precambrian rocks in Central Texas. Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, a Spanish army-officer serving during the Spanish Civil War; The Llanos, a plain in north-western South America Llanero, a person from the Llanos; The Llano, a magical song from Piers Anthony's Incarnations of ...

  4. Llanos - Wikipedia

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    The Llanos (Spanish Los Llanos, "The Plains"; Spanish pronunciation: [los ˈʝanos]) is a vast tropical grassland plain situated to the east of the Andes in Colombia and Venezuela, in northwestern South America. It is an ecoregion of the tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome.

  5. List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States

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    Florida Meaning land of flowers, Florida's verdant landscape was discovered by Ponce de León on Easter Sunday. The Pascua Florida holiday in early April commemorates this discovery, during the season when flowers are abundant across Florida. Montana from Latinized Spanish meaning "mountainous", also in Spanish "montaña" is the name of "mountain"

  6. Llanero - Wikipedia

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    A llanero (Spanish pronunciation:, 'plainsman') is a Venezuelan and Colombian herder. The name is taken from the Llanos grasslands occupying eastern Colombia and western-central Venezuela. During the Spanish American wars of independence, llanero lancers and cavalry served in both armies and provided the bulk of the cavalry during the war. They ...

  7. Venezuelan Llanos - Wikipedia

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    The Venezuelan Llanos (Spanish: Llanos Venezolanos) also simply known as Los Llanos (English: the Plains) in Venezuela, is a natural region that consists of a very large, flat central depression of approximately 243,774 km 2 of extension, equivalent to 26.6% of the total continental territory of the country.

  8. Llano, California - Wikipedia

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    Llano is a name derived from Spanish meaning "plain". [1]The ruins of Llano del Rio are still extant along Highway 138 east of 165th Street East. The socialist community moved and Llano del Rio was abandoned in 1918, leaving behind the "ghost" of an alternative future for Los Angeles.

  9. Llano River - Wikipedia

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    The Llano River (/ ˈ l æ n oʊ / LAN-oh) is ... The river is also associated with the legend of the Los Almagres Mine. Translated from Spanish, almagre means red ...