Etymology

malpais

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Today it means: Land akin to badlands, but having volcaniclastic rather than sedimentary rocks. Full definition →

Spanish malpaís
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  1. Spanish · borrowed frommalpaís
  2. English todaymalpais

From Spanish malpaís, from mal (“bad”) + país (“land”).

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