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Meaning of rincón | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of rincón.
    alt-of, alternative
  2. A surname from Spanish.
    countable, uncountable
  3. A meadow on the south-facing upper slopes of a mountain.
    Southwestern, US
  4. A place in the United States:
    countable, uncountable
  5. An unincorporated community in San Diego County, California.
    countable, uncountable
  6. An abandoned meander.
    Southwestern, US
  7. A city in Effingham County, Georgia.
    countable, uncountable
  8. An interior corner; a nook; hence, an angular recess or hollow bend in a mountain, river, cliff, etc.
    Southwestern, US
  9. A census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
    countable, uncountable
  10. A town in Bonaire, a special municipality of the Netherlands in the Caribbean.
    countable, uncountable

Examples

“some cataclysmic flood had broken through a fin of ruddy rock, leaving yet another sweeping bend in the canyon dry and off the track, forming another rincon like Arrow Point, on top of which, a few months later, Bruce Bradley would crawl in his ecstasy after the flint flakes that he knew so much about.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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