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Spanish
Etymology
From gallina + de + la + sierra, literally “hen of the mountain range”.
Noun
gallina de la sierra f (plural gallinas de la sierra)
- (New Mexico, archaic) turkey (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- Synonyms: pavo, guajolote
See also
References
- Garland D. Bills, Neddy A. Vigil (2008) The Spanish Language of New Mexico and Southern Colorado: A Linguistic Atlas, University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN
- Romero, Simon, Rios, Desiree (2023 April 9) “New Mexico Is Losing a Form of Spanish Spoken Nowhere Else on Earth”, in The New York Times, retrieved April 9, 2023