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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Llano Estacado

Giving his mount a touch of spur, the horseman turned the animal westward toward the Llano Estacado.

From Kid Wolf of Texas by Powers, Paul S. (Paul Sylvester)

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.

But the trouble was to reach the Pecos across the ninety intervening miles of waterless plateau called the Llano Estacado, or Staked Plain.

From The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Bronson, Edgar Beecher

For months he had made up his mind to have her for his wife—long before their forced flight into the Llano Estacado.

From The Lone Ranche by Reid, Mayne

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