Presidio

Word PRESIDIO
Character 8
Hyphenation pre si di o
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Presidio"

What do we mean by presidio?

A garrison, especially a fortress of the kind established in the southwest United States by the Spanish to protect their holdings and missions. noun

A seat of government; especially, a place of military authority; a military post: used in the southwestern United States. noun

A place of deportation for criminals; a penitentiary. noun

A place of defense; a fortress; a garrison; a fortress; a garrison or guardhouse. noun

A garrisoned place, especially one that is or was, at one time, under Spanish control. noun

A fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings noun

A garrisoned place, especially one that is or was once under Spanish control.

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The word "presidio" in example sentences

(On camera): Miss Bowles lives here in one of San Francisco's most prestigious neighborhoods called presidio heights. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Near each of the earlier coast missions there was also founded a military station called a presidio, a name borrowed from the Roman presidium. ❋ Helen Elliott Bandini (N/A)

The method of the authorities was to establish a military post, called a presidio, at some convenient point, from which protection would be extended to several missions. ❋ Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh (1894)

And although your Lordship will doubtless proceed, I must warn you through my experience of European affairs, heedfully, that the reasons that operate in this small presidio, which is surrounded by barbarians and hostile nations, have no place in populous cities. ❋ Emma Helen Blair (1884)

The Viceroy of Mexico now remembered the discovery of an excellent port by Viscaino, and resolved to found a "presidio" there. ❋ Jules Verne (1866)

When the two-ship Argentine fleet approached Monterey, the local government cautiously retreated inland, leaving the defense to the soldiers in the presidio, or fort, and to pro-Spain militiamen. ❋ Nicolás Meyer (2011)

Then the Argentines scaled the walls of the presidio from the rear, and the fight within was quickly over. ❋ Nicolás Meyer (2011)

And not before the anti-Spanish raiders, beginning their return to South America, burned down the Monterey presidio, plus the property of the royalist garrison though not that of the local population. ❋ Nicolás Meyer (2011)

With more than three hundred people at the presidio, mostly women and children families of the soldiers, he dared not send more. ❋ S. C. Gwynne (2010)

More often the soldiers would ride out of the presidio, kill the first Indians they found, and return home. ❋ S. C. Gwynne (2010)

Over the next few years they would continue to approach the “brown robes” with the same deeply compelling idea: They wanted peace; they wanted their own mission and presidio; and they wanted them to be built in their homeland, which they said was in the vicinity of the San Saba River, near the present-day town of Menard, Texas. ❋ S. C. Gwynne (2010)

Wounded men were dragged into the streets of the presidio to be shot. ❋ S. C. Gwynne (2010)

Though Spain maintained some of its missions and presidio for another sixty years, they were powerless to do anything except defend themselves. ❋ S. C. Gwynne (2010)

Across the river, several miles away, one hundred soldiers were garrisoned in a stockade-fence presidio. ❋ S. C. Gwynne (2010)

The triangular presidio and buildings of the Mexican occupation have gone, and in their place is a man-made excavation almost a mile across, showing strata of remarkably varied colours, for the copper which the Spaniards first sought centuries ago is still being mined by modern commercial methods. [p. 154] 35. ❋ Estelle Bruno (2010)

Link how do i cancel this? this isnt for me i keep going round and round with this how far is this place from the presidio? is there a phone # i can call? — dino ❋ Unknown (2007)

This entry was posted in Uncle Walt, Walt Disney Family and tagged disney, presidio, walt disney, walt disney family museum, wdfm. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Note 45: Instrucción que han de guardar los alféreces D. Juan de Aréchaga y Bernardino de Riveros y León Vullafaña, que van al presidio de Isla Hermosa ..., ❋ Unknown (2006)

Note 14: Acta de la junta que realizó don Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera, y los pareceres que dieron los asistentes sobre la conveniencia de retirar el presidio de Isla Hermosa y el de Camboanga, Manila, 22 January 1637, AGI Escribanía 409B, 76 – 82. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Note 16: Acta de la junta que realizó don Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera, y los pareceres que dieron los asistentes sobre la conveniencia de retirar el presidio de Isla Hermosa y el de Camboanga, Manila, 22 January 1637, AGI Escribanía 409B, 76 – 82. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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