Associations to the word «Alta»

Wiktionary

ALTA, proper noun. Abbreviation of Alberta, a province of Canada.
ALTA, proper noun. A female given name possibly from alta, fairly common in nineteenth century U.S.A.
ALTA, proper noun. (rare) A male given name.
ALTA CALIFORNIA, proper noun. A historic geographic region of New Spain, later Mexico, which today roughly comprises the U.S. states of California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona.

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