loma

American  

[loh-muh] / ˈloʊ mə /

noun

Chiefly Southwestern U.S.

1. a hill or ridge having a broad top.

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Etymology

Origin of loma

1840–50, < Spanish, akin to lomo back, ridge, loin

Example Sentences

In late winter and early spring — when they head back north and are closest to the shoreline, with the moms protecting the calves — they can be viewed not only from whale-watching boats but also from promontories along the California coast including Point Loma in San Diego, Point Lobos in Monterey and Bodega Head and Shelter Cove in Northern California.

From Los Angeles Times

The result was so alarming to scientists and officials that the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services issued what was then an unprecedented advisory urging people to stay off freeways, a call that came as freeway and bridge collapses from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake were still on the minds of many.

From Los Angeles Times

And in the months and years ahead of the deadly magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, there were modest earthquakes — in the magnitude 5 range — that in hindsight were foreshocks to the temblor that caused a partial collapse of the Bay Bridge and the collapse of a section of Interstate 880 in Oakland.

From Los Angeles Times

In places like Okinawa, Sardinia and Loma Linda, the so-called Blue Zones where people often live past 100, no one really retires.

From MarketWatch

Almost exactly an hour later, a Los Angeles County battalion chief reported a structure fire at Glenrose Avenue and West Loma Alta Drive, even farther into west Altadena, according to the report.

From Los Angeles Times