cuesta

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cuesta - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cuesta \Cues"ta\, n. [Sp.]
     A sloping plain, esp. one with the upper end at the crest of
     a cliff; a hill or ridge with one face steep and the opposite
     face gently sloping. [Southwestern U. S.]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]