D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Cuesta

/kwĕs'-tə/ · Cues·ta · IPA /ˈkwɛstə/
01 n. A sloping plain, esp. one with the upper end at the crest of a cliff; a hill or ridge with one face steep and the opposite face gently sloping.
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    A sloping plain, esp. one with the upper end at the crest of a cliff; a hill or ridge with one face steep and the opposite face gently sloping.[Southwestern U. S.]