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Huerta

Huerta

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A Spanish last name used also for towns in Spanish-speaking countries
  • proper noun
translation icon : Huerta
  • Shortly before the coup by de la Huerta's followers, the PSS had elected a new state congress.
  • la Huerta
  • de la Huerta

So Huerta Vita and welcome to reversed.

Examples

  • This is Huerta and Morales, we're on our way.

    Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf (2015)

  • All that coverage has resulted in attention from as far away as Berlin, Huerta said.

    Blog text (7)

  • That policeman, Huerta, called last night.

    Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf (2015)

  • Thank goodness, Huerta is still alive and active, and can speak for herself!

    Academic text (2010)

  • The Dolores Huerta Foundation pushes people to exercise that right.

  • It was the fight against Victoriano Huerta.

    Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

  • Madero listened to the spirits, but they failed to warn him about Huerta.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Further south, Osvel Hinojosa Huerta, conservation director for the Mexican environmental group Pronatura, has been monitoring birds at the Cienega de Santa Clara, a marsh in the Colorado River Delta created by agricultural discharge waters from Arizona.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Following the example that Garcia de la Huerta set earlier in Raquel, Galvez's rigorous adherence to the confining neoclassic unities of place, time, and action actually enhances the theme of her play.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Dolores Huerta is known for her work in advancing labor rights and social justice.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Huerta comes from Spanish and originally meant a 'garden' or 'orchard', from the Latin word hortus meaning 'garden'. Because people often took names from places, Huerta became a family name and the name of many towns.