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Loma

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Mande language of these people.
  2. 2
    A surname from Spanish. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A census-designated place in Mesa County, Colorado, United States. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A census-designated place in Chouteau County, Montana, United States. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    An unincorporated community in Butler County, Nebraska, United States. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A town in Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A lobe, flap or fringe bordering the toe of a bird.
  2. 2
    singular of lomas form-of, singular

    "In the central Andes, such villages are generally associated with a loma, a fog oasis or well - delimited zone in which specific topographical , weather, and soil conditions prevail because fogs from the ocean condense water there. […] The human settlement extended over some 10 km on the slopes of the lower ridges of the Andes, all along the lower section of a fog oasis, with ponds and marshes still alive between the loma and the beach."

  3. 3
    A people of Liberia and Guinea. plural, plural-only

Etymology

Etymology 1

From λῶμα (lôma, “fringe, hem”).

Etymology 2

From Spanish loma (“hill”).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish Loma.

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