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malpais [mahl-pah-ees] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- Southwestern U.S. an extensive area of rough, barren lava flows.
Origin of malpais 1835–45, Americanism; Spanish mal país bad country Examples from the Web for malpais Historical Examples of malpais
Tell him to send his posse across the malpais toward the rim-rock.
William Macleod Raine
A single metate of lava or malpais was excavated at Awatobi.
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895
Jesse Walter Fewkes
Notify Buck Weaver, so he can head them off if they try to cross the Malpais.
William MacLeod Raine
Healy is at the head of all this rustling that has been troubling the Malpais country.
William MacLeod Raine
But the boys they knew of an old black steer, A sort of an old outlaw That ran down in the malpais At the foot of a rocky draw.
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