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Am⋅a⋅ril⋅lo

  [am-uh-ril-oh]
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–noun
a city in NW Texas. 149,230.
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Am·a·ril·lo   (ām'ə-rĭl'ō, -rĭl'ə)   
A city of northern Texas in the Panhandle north of Lubbock. The city grew after the coming of the railroad in 1887 and the discovery of gas (1918) and oil (1921). Population: 186,000.
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amarillo 
name given to several species of Amer. trees, from Sp., from Arabic anbari "yellow, amber-colored," from anbar "amber," probably from L. amarus "bitter," "through application to some bitter (yellow) substance, such as gall" [Buck]. The city Amarillo in Texas, U.S., may be so called from the color of the banks of a nearby stream.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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