English Explanatory Dictionary

malpais

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Land akin to badlands, but having volcaniclastic rather than sedimentary rocks.
  2. Land having an underlayer of basaltic lava and little or no soil.

Word forms

malpais malpaises malpaís

Etymology

From Spanish malpaís, from mal (“bad”) + país (“land”).

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