noun, feminine/alˈkarja/plural: alcarrias
plateau, especially one bare of vegetation
From the region of La Alcarria in central Spain, which is characterised by this sort of topography, from Andalusian Arabic اَلْقَرِيَّة (al-qaríyya), from Arabic اَلْقَرْيَة (al-qarya, “the village”). Doublet of alquería.