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Painted Desert

noun

  1. a region in N central Arizona, E of the Colorado River: many-colored rock surfaces.


Painted Desert

noun

  1. 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

Painted Desert

  1. Hundreds of miles of sandstone formations with a remarkable range of colors; located in northeastern Arizona .
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Example Sentences

The original Krazy Kat was usually portrayed in a highly stylized version of Arizona’s Painted Desert.

The next day members of the motorcycle club headed northeast, crossing into badlands of Arizona’s Painted Desert, engines roaring amid the red mesas and cottonwood gulleys.

He used his power and influence to protect and conserve 230 million acres of American forest, desert, and plains, including the Grand Canyon, Muir Woods, Yosemite, and the Painted Desert, to name a few.

In 2012, he created the Painted Desert Project, in which fellow artists work with young people on the Navajo Nation and create public art.

Back then, Colter imagined it as a ceremonial space, with huge picture windows framing the Painted Desert; it was also intended as a way to introduce visitors to the Indigenous cultures of the area.

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