name
Meaning 1
A neighbourhood in south-east Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
chaparral
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˌʃæp.əˈɹæl/
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UK: /ˌt͡ʃæp.əˈɹæl/
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US: /ˌʃæp.əˈɹæl/
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US: /ˌʃæp.əˈɹɛl/
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US: [ˌʃæp.ɚˈ(ɹ)æl]
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US: [ˌʃæp.ɚˈ(ɹ)ɛl]
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CMU ARPABET: SH AE2 P ER0 AE1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A census-designated place in Doña Ana County and Otero County, New Mexico, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
A town and municipality in Tolima department, Colombia.
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noun
Meaning 4
A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
The foliage of creosote bush, Larrea divaricata, when used as a medicinal herb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scrub, bush
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Broader terms: vegetation, flora, botany
History
Etymology
From Spanish chaparral, from chaparro (“evergreen oak”) + -al, from Basque txaparro, from txapar, from sapar.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Basque: txapardi — region of shrubs
- Esperanto: ĉaparalo — region of shrubs
- French: maquis — region of shrubs
- Greek: θαμνώνες (thamnónes) — region of shrubs
- Greek: θαμνότοπος (thamnótopos) — region of shrubs
- Polish: chaparral — region of shrubs
- Portuguese: chaparral — region of shrubs
- Romanian: chaparral — region of shrubs
- Spanish: chaparral — region of shrubs
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