Definition of "cerro" []

• A hill; a ridge; a hogback. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Anyway it seems to be out, or pretty much out, as I write this, and peace seems to reign on the cerro."
• "Historians also point out that, like the religious sector, Mexico's wealthy aristocracy during that epoch also frowned upon a musical style tagged with the derogatory term los violines del cerro to connote a despicable kind of native hillbilly music."
• "On one side the long stretch of the cerro towers above us, its summit studded by a forest of tall cacti."