Llano Estacado

American  

[lah-noh es-tuh-kah-doh, lan-oh] / ˈlɑ noʊ ˌɛs təˈkɑ doʊ, ˈlæn oʊ /

noun

1. a large plateau in the SW United States, in W Texas and SE New Mexico: cattle-grazing region. About 1000–5000 feet (300–1500 meters) above sea level.

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Llano Estacado British  

/ ˈlɑːnəʊ ˌɛstəˈkɑːdəʊ /

noun

1. Also called: Staked Plain.  the S part of the Great Plains of the US, extending over W Texas and E New Mexico: oil and natural gas resources. Chief towns: Lubbock and Amarillo. Area: 83 700 sq km (30 000 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

The days went by, and late springtime found the Man from Bitter Creek in the upper river country which lies just west of the great Llano Estacado.

From When the West Was Young by Bechdolt, Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie)

In the Comanche of the Llano Estacado, or the Pawnee of the Platte, he would have found an exact counterpart of the Ishmaelitish wanderer over the sandy plains of the Saara.

From The Boy Slaves by Reid, Mayne

Towards the southern end of the Llano Estacado the surface exhibits a very singular phenomenon—a belt of sand-hills, nearly twenty miles in breadth and full fifty in length, stretching north and south upon the plain.

From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by Evans, L.

El Llano Estacado, or the Llano, as it is frequently termed, is about 500 miles across from north to south, and 280 miles wide from east to west.

From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)

The trappers recognised an affluent of the Rio Bravo, running from the north—from the high steppe of the Llano Estacado.

From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne