Feminine

dehesa

Meaning

  1. (feminine) meadow
  2. (feminine) pasture

Hyphenated as
de‧he‧sa
Pronounced as (IPA)
/deˈesa/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Late Latin dēfēnsa, from the feminine of Latin dēfēnsus (“bounded, defended”), perfect passive participle of dēfendō. Doublet of defensa, which was borrowed.

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