rincon

R1I1N1C3O1N1

proper noun

A surname from Spanish.

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

rincon1

nounrincon (plural rincons)

plural rincons

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of rincón.
    1 more example

    some cataclysmic flood had broken through a fin of ruddy rock, leaving yet another sweeping bend in the canyon dry and off the track, forming another rincon like Arrow Point, on top of which, a few months later, Bruce Bradley would crawl in his ecstasy after the flint flakes that he knew so much about.

    2010, David Roberts, In Search of the Old Ones, page 224

Rincon2

proper nounRincon (countable and uncountable, plural Rincons)

plural Rincons

  1. countableuncountableA surname from Spanish.
  2. A place in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableA city in Effingham County, Georgia.
  3. countableuncountableA town in Bonaire, a special municipality of the Netherlands in the Caribbean.

Origin

  1. SpanishRincón
  2. EnglishRincon

Borrowed from Spanish Rincón.

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APA

rincon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rincon

MLA

“rincon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rincon. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rincon,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rincon.

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