quinta

[keen-tah, keen-tah, -tuh]

noun

Spanish, Portuguese.

plural

quintas 

1. an inn, especially one in the countryside.

quinta

/ ˈkɪntə /

noun

1. winemaking a Portuguese vineyard where grapes for wine or port are grown

Word History and Origins

Origin of quinta¹

C20: from Portuguese, literally: a country estate, farm

Example Sentences

He’s also coached at Westminster La Quinta as well as boys’ basketball and was women’s coach at Cypress College.

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She opened it to find a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy “claiming a black man with dreadlocks had jumped over her backyard fence” and was trying to break into her La Quinta home, according to court records.

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One month later, Piscatella showed up at Ortega’s La Quinta home while she was at work, according to her lawsuit.

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That same month, Piscatella searched Ortega’s name and the city of La Quinta in both the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System and other sheriff’s databases shortly before the texts were sent, according to court records.

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Looking back on the day I visited the famed British-born cook at her rustic home Quinta Diana in central Mexico.

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Related Words

• acreage 
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• continent 
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• earth 
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• field 
• ground 
• home 
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• nation 
• parcel 
• plot 
• province 
• ranch 
• real estate