cuesta noun. ['kwɛstǝ] E19.
[Spanish = slope from Latin costa: see COAST noun.]
Orig. (US dial.), a steep slope that terminates a gently sloping plain; a plain in this configuration. Now (Geography), a ridge with a gentle slope on one side and a steep one on the other, a scarp and dip.

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