Feminine

cuenca

  1. (feminine) eye socket
  2. (feminine) watershed, catchment basin
  3. (feminine) valley

Frequency

27k
Hyphenated as
cuen‧ca
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkwenka/
Etymology

From Latin concha (“bivalve, vessel, trumpet”). Doublet of concha (“seashell, scoop”), which was inherited from the diminutive Latin conchula. Compare English conch.

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