Painted Desert
a region in N central Arizona, E of the Colorado River: many-colored rock surfaces.
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How to use Painted Desert in a sentence
If you’re a backpacker, there’s no better place to watch the sunset than in the park’s northern Painted Desert with man’s best friend.
If we can 'afford it,' she writes, she 'wishes we could go to the Painted Desert on our wedding trip.'
Molly Make-Believe | Eleanor Hallowell AbbottMy old guide on so many trips across the Painted Desert was in charge of the outfit.
Tales of lonely trails | Zane GreyWe entered the Painted Desert by way of Gallup, hiring driver and team locally.
Through Our Unknown Southwest | Agnes C. LautBut on a flying trip, you can't learn the secret moods of the Painted Desert.
Through Our Unknown Southwest | Agnes C. Laut
Overlooking the Painted Desert in every direction, they command a view that beggars all description and almost staggers thought.
Through Our Unknown Southwest | Agnes C. Laut
British Dictionary definitions for Painted Desert
a section of the high plateau country of N central Arizona, along the N side of the Little Colorado River Valley: brilliant-coloured rocks; occupied largely by Navaho and Hopi Indians. Area: about 20 000 sq km (7500 sq miles)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for Painted Desert
Hundreds of miles of sandstone formations with a remarkable range of colors; located in northeastern Arizona.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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