Meanings
huerta1
- uncountableThe area of Murcia and Valencia with fertile ground.
The city was situated in the huerta, some fifty square miles of rich alluvial fields with extensive irrigation canals, and was bordered by coastal lands dominated by marjals.
2012, Douglas Hunter, The Race to the New World: Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, and a Lost History of Discovery, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 44
Huerta2
plural Huertas
- A surname from Spanish.
A law enforcement officer approached Huerta and told him to leave, then put his hands on Huerta to move him out of the way of a vehicle, the agent wrote.
2025 June 9, Mónica De Anda, “SEIU President David Huerta released from custody on $50k bond following arrest during ICE raid”, in KABC-TV
Origin
huerta · noun
- Spanishhuerta
- Spanishhuerta
- Englishhuerta
Borrowed from Spanish huerta.
More words from Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Huerta · proper noun
- SpanishHuerta
- EnglishHuerta
Borrowed from Spanish Huerta.
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Cite this entry
huerta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/huerta
“huerta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/huerta. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “huerta,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/huerta.
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