Word origins

• nameAny nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
• realTrue, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
• canadaA country bordering a larger country that shares many similarities with it, but is overshadowed by the more prominent larger.
• keyAn object designed to open and close a lock or to activate or deactivate something, especially a length of metal inserted into a narrow opening on the lock to which it is matched (keyed).
• texasThe topmost cabin deck on a steamboat.
• centralBeing in the centre.
• proAn advantage of something, especially when contrasted with its disadvantages (cons).
• autoA setting for automatic operation.
• FloridaA state of the United States. Capital: Tallahassee. Largest city: Jacksonville.
• annualHappening once every year.
• MexicoA country in North America, located south of the United States, and northwest of Guatemala and Belize from Central America. Official name: United Mexican States.
• elThe name of the Latin script letter L/l.
• quiteWith verbs, especially past participles.
• amazonA member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area.
• sonOne's male offspring.
• AngelesAn independent city, the largest city in Pampanga, Philippines.
• coloradoA cigar of medium color and strength.
• painAn ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
• canonA generally accepted principle; a rule.
• santaAn instance of someone dressed up as Santa.
• guitarA stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
• campAn outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other simple structures.
• adobeAn unburnt brick dried in the sun.
• UtahSynonym of Ute.
• permitTo allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
• plateA slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
• NevadaA state in the western United States. Capital: Carson City. Largest city: Las Vegas.
• fiscalRelated to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.
• chocolateA food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.
• latinaA Latin American woman. (Compare Latino.)
• hondaA closed loop or eyelet at one end of a lariat or lasso, through which the other end of the rope is passed to form a much larger loop.
• hurricaneA severe tropical cyclone; an intense storm rotating around a central eye.
• apacheAny of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e., Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.
• donateTo make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.
• sierraA rugged range of mountains.
• SacramentoThe capital city of California, United States and the county seat of Sacramento County.
• platinumThe chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value.
• chileA country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: Santiago.
• plazaA town's public square.
• vistaA distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or passage.
• moralOf or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially conforming to principles of rectitude.
• tobaccoAny plant of the genus Nicotiana.
• CubaA country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean. Capital and largest city: Havana.
• calwolfram, an ore of tungsten.
• potA flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).
• mangaA comic originating in Japan.
• arcThat part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.
• PeruA country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru. Capital and largest city: Lima.
• MercedesA female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Mercy occasionally borrowed from Spanish.
• canyonA valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
• jamaicaroselle
• ColombiaA country in South America. Official name: Republic of Colombia. Capital: Bogotá.
• panamaA Panama hat.
• VenezuelaA country in South America. Official name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Capital and largest city: Caracas.
• ranchA large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
• MadridThe capital city of Spain.
• cargoFreight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
• pieA type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.)
• LopezA municipality of Quezon, Philippines.
• MarioA male given name from Italian or Spanish.
• oliveA tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
• cabA compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver.
• maltaA non-alcoholic carbonated malt beverage, popular in Latin America.
• DominicanA native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic or a descendant thereof.
• BahamasAn archipelago and country in the Caribbean. Official name: Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
• travestiA member of a Latin American gender role, variously construed as a cross-dressing man, a third gender or a trans woman.
• EcuadorA country in South America. Official name: Republic of Ecuador. Capital: Quito.
• VictorianOf or relating to the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901, or that period.
• boliviaA card game similar to rummy and canasta.
• GuatemalaA country in northern Central America. Official name: Republic of Guatemala. Capital and largest city: Guatemala City.
• TrinidadAn island in the Caribbean, part of Trinidad and Tobago.
• latinoOf Latin American descent, Hispanic.
• AlbuquerqueA surname from Spanish.
• medalA stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object.
• solIn a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la.
• patioA paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation.
• UruguayA country in South America. Official name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay. Capital and largest city: Montevideo.
• grandeOf a cup of coffee: smaller than venti but larger than tall, usually 16 ounces (~ 455 ml).
• HondurasA country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Honduras. Capital: Tegucigalpa.
• NicaraguaA country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Nicaragua. Capitalː Managua.
• mesaA flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges.
• AntiguaThe largest island of the nation of Antigua and Barbuda, in the Caribbean.
• tentA pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
• TobagoAn island and ward of the Caribbean, part of Trinidad and Tobago.
• monteA game in which three or four cards are dealt face-up and players bet on which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt.
• LuisA male given name from Spanish.
• altoA musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody.
• ParaguayA country in South America. Official name: Republic of Paraguay. Capital and largest city: Asunción.
• gigOriginally (music), a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; (by extension, film, television, theater) a job or role for a performer.
• dispatchTo send (a shipment) with promptness.
• LeonA male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.
• casahouse
• lolitaA young girl who is sexually alluring.
• Gibraltar; (originally) A cortado served in a small glass; (by extension) any cortado
• tomatoA widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
• GarciaA surname from Spanish of Spanish and Portuguese origin.
• pamThe jack of clubs in loo played with hands of 5 cards.
• marcoShouted by a player of the game Marco Polo. Compare Polo.
• carmenA female given name from Spanish
• MontereyOf a style reminiscent of the architecture of Alta California.