noun, feminine/alˈkarja/plural: alcarrias
alcarria is feminine in Spanish.
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.