El Cerrito

proper noun

A city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.

OriginSpanish El Cerrito →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.

    Ruthanna Boris, a versatile dancer and choreographer who was the first American ballerina to be a star of one of the prestigious Ballets Russes troupes of the ’40s, died Friday at her home in El Cerrito, Calif. She was 88.

    2007 January 8, Jack Anderson, “Ruthanna Boris, Versatile Ballet Russe Dancer, Dies at 88”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021
  2. A census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States.

Origin

  1. SpanishEl Cerrito
  2. EnglishEl Cerrito

Borrowed from Spanish El Cerrito (literally “the little hill”).

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APA

El Cerrito. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/El%20Cerrito

MLA

“El Cerrito.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/El%20Cerrito. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “El Cerrito,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/El%20Cerrito.

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