Word origins

• Moro ProvinceA former province of the Philippines under the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, succeeded by the Department of Mindanao and Sulu
• Mountain ProvinceA province of the Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Bontoc.
• Mount DiabloA mountain in Contra Costa County, California.
• much grassThanks!
• muchos graciasThank you very much.
• MudéjarOf or pertaining to the Moors of al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity.
• mundungusOffal; waste animal product; organic matter unfit for consumption.
• muscovadoAn unrefined brown sugar with a strong flavour of molasses.
• nahuatlatoA person who is proficient in the Nahuatl language
• namousTo run away; to leave; to depart.
• naseberryThe sapodilla tree.
• NegrilloAn African Pygmy.
• NeoricanOf or relating to natives or inhabitants of the mainland United States (especially New York) who are of Puerto Rican descent.
• Niño JesúsA neighbourhood (barrio) in Retiro district, Madrid, Spain.
• orchellaarchil, orchil lichen
• orchillaOrchil lichen.
• organoponicsA system of urban agriculture using organic gardens, often low-level concrete walls filled with organic matter and soil, with lines of drip irrigation laid on the surface of the growing media.
• oroblancoA hybrid fruit developed by crossing a pomelo and a white grapefruit. When fully developed, it is approximately the size of a grapefruit.
• Oro GrandeAn unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California, United States.
• PalenoA surname.
• Palo Pinto CountyOne of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Palo Pinto.
• pamperoSomeone inhabiting the pampas of South America.
• panadaA dish made by boiling bread in water and combining the pulp with milk, stock, butter or sometimes egg yolks.
• PangasinenseOf, or pertaining to Pangasinan.
• parandaA decoration for a braid tassel.
• PascuanRapa Nui (language).
• pasmaA "folk illness" in Filipino culture, believed to be brought on by exposure to cold or to water.
• payadaA traditional performance art of the Southern Cone, consisting of a duel between two payadores who take turns singing improvised ten-line verses in response to the previous payador, accompanied by guitar.
• pedereroA short piece of chambered ordnance, used to fire stones in naval and siege warfare.
• perfectamundoperfect
• perytonA fictional creature having the head and forelegs of a stag and the wings and hindquarters of a bird.
• picaroonA pirate or picaro.
• piccadillA large, broad lace collar from the 17th century.
• piñacloth woven from pineapple fiber
• pinacate beetleA darkling beetle of the genus Eleodes, endemic to the Sonoran Desert and adjacent regions, and known for its defensive tactic of standing on its head to squirt a noxious spray.
• piñon pineAny of several species of North American pines in Pinus subsect. Cembroides that bear edible seeds (pine nuts), especially Pinus edulis; the nut pine.
• plateresquePertaining to an ornate style of architecture of 16th-century Spain suggestive of silver plate.
• Playalinda BeachA beach in Brevard County, near Titusville Florida, United States.
• Plumas CountyOne of 58 counties in California, United States. County seat: Quincy.
• Point ArguelloA headland on the Gaviota Coast, Santa Barbara County, California, United States.
• polinkOne of several stockaded mountain farms established, after the invasion of Jamaica by England in the late 17th century, by people of colour who had lived on the island under Spanish rule.
• Port IsabelA city in Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, United States.
• primaveralRelating to or characteristic of early spring.
• pringáA dish from Andalusia, consisting of meat that has been slowly cooked for a long time until it falls apart easily.
• provedoreA person or business that provides supplies, particularly food and beverages.
• P UAn interjection in response to smelling an unpleasant scent.
• pulvillioA kind of perfumed cosmetic powder, applied to the skin, hair or wig.
• Punta Gordathe name of some points (landforms).
• Punto FijoA city in Falcón state, Venezuela.
• quadroonA person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent.
• quaveTo quiver or tremble.
• quellioA ruff for the neck.
• querpoThe inner or body garments; underwear.
• rabonaA kick made with the kicking leg crossed behind the other leg.
• ramoon-treeA West Indian tree related to the mulberry , Trophis racemosa.
• recordatoryRelating to recording; serving to record something.
• reformadoA monk of a reformed order.
• repartimientoA partition or distribution, especially of slaves.
• rhatanyRoot of Krameria, previously used in medicine and to colour port (wine).
• Rio Arriba CountyOne of 33 counties in New Mexico, United States. County seat: Tierra Amarilla.
• rodeleroA type of trooper from Spain, who sported a rodela (a round type of shield) and often a side-sword.
• Rogers Dry LakeA dry lake bed and endorheic desert salt pan in Kern County, California, United States in the Mojave Desert.
• ronquilA perciform marine fish of the family Bathymasteridae, related to the eelpouts and prowfish.
• Saint Ann ParishA parish of Middlesex County, Jamaica.
• Saint Ann's BayA bay of Saint Ann parish, Jamaica.
• sancochoA soup cooked with meat and starchy plants (such as roots or plantains), usually eaten for lunch.
• Sangre GrandeA town in Trinidad and Tobago.
• San Luis ObispoA city, the county seat of San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
• Santa RosaA municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
• Santiago JuxtlahuacaA town and municipality of Oaxaca, Mexico.
• serrano pepperA chili pepper of species Capsicum annuum.
• Sierra BlancaA census-designated place, the county seat of Hudspeth County, Texas, United States.
• Sierra MadreA city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
• Sierra NevadaA mountain range in Andalusia, Spain.
• SiguenciaA surname from Spanish.
• Site QA formerly unidentified archeological site of a Mayan city, identified in the late 1990s and early 2000s as La Corona.
• Soldado RockAn island of Trinidad and Tobago.
• speakoA mistake made when speaking, for example saying the wrong word accidentally.
• SumainSomeone who communicates primarily using a sign language.
• super-NiñoAn exceptionally large form of the El Niño invasion of warm water into the surface of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru and Ecuador every four to seven years that causes changes in local and regional climate.
• tamarilloA small tree or shrub (Solanum betaceum, syn. Cyphomandra betacea) which bears edible fruits, of the tropics of Argentina and Bolivia.
• tara gumA white or beige nearly odorless powder used as a thickening agent and stabilizer for food, produced by separating and grinding the endosperm of Tara spinosa seeds.
• tardoA sloth (animal).
• tenaceAn interrupted sequence of high cards of the same suit, such as the king and jack or the ace and queen.
• ten-gallon hatA large cowboy hat, not holding ten gallons like the name would suggest but usually around three quarts.
• tertuliaAn evening party, a soirée, especially in Spain.
• The GroyneSynonym of A Coruña.
• Three AmigosCanada, Mexico, and the United States.
• Tia MariaA coffee-flavoured liqueur.
• Tierra AmarillaAn unincorporated community, the county seat of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States.
• Tituladoesrefers to the English and Anglo-Irish elite, particularly those who held official positions, land, or military authority in Ireland during the early modern period (16th–17th centuries). The term was used to describe individuals who were titled or held significant status, often granted by the English Crown.
• tostitoA tortilla chip of the Tostitos brand.
• TotonacA member of a people who resided in the eastern coastal and mountainous regions of Mexico at the time of the Spanish arrival in 1519, and who now reside in the states of Veracruz, Puebla, and Hidalgo.
• Tres CrucesA town and municipality in Humahuaca department, Jujuy province, Argentina.
• tripulantA passenger or stowaway; especially, a Jewish emigrant during the Spanish Inquisition.
• tumbaoThe basic rhythm played on the conga drum and the bass in Afro-Cuban music.
• Uvalde CountyOne of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Uvalde.
• vallenatoA popular style of folk music from Colombia.
• vaquitaA critically endangered porpoise, the smallest of its kind, of species Phocoena sinus, endemic to the northern part of the Gulf of California, Mexico.
• VerdadismA style of art that juxtaposes figurative abstract paintings with written social commentary drawing from personal experiences.