Etymology

chaparral

chap·ar·ral
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Today it means: A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region. Full definition →

Spanish chaparral ← Basque txaparro
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  1. Basque · derived fromtxaparro
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromchaparral
  3. English todaychaparral

From Spanish chaparral, from chaparro (“evergreen oak”) + -al, from Basque txaparro, from txapar, from sapar.

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