Tamalewood
n.— «There, in the shadow of the snow-capped Sandia Mountains, the aircraft-hangar-like buildings at Albuquerque Studios house part of a budding film industry that one local newspaper dubbed Tamalewood. This year, four more soundstages will be added to anchor a bustling movie production center equal in size to 10 large supermarkets.» —“New Mexico film industry hopes to steal the show” by Richard Verrier in Albuquerque, New Mexico Los Angeles Times (California) Apr. 2, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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