Coronado

[ kawr-uh-nah-doh, kor-; for 1 also Spanish kaw-raw-nah-thaw ]

noun
  1. Fran·cis·co Vás·quez de [frahn-thees-kaw bahs-keththe, frahn-sees-kaw bahs-kes], /frɑnˈθis kɔ ˈbɑs kɛθ ðɛ, frɑnˈsis kɔ ˈbɑs kɛs/, 1510–54?, Spanish explorer in North America.

  2. a city in SW California, near San Diego.

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How to use Coronado in a sentence

  • At one point Mullaney returned to Coronado and served as a BUD/S instructor training junior SEALs.

  • I arrived at BUD/S in Coronado (about five miles south of San Diego) on March 31, 1982, fired up and ready for action.

  • The goal was to get your IBS through the surf and onto a forty-foot-high rock formation near Coronado Cays.

  • Two hours later, Rebecca Zahau hanged herself from a balcony in an interior courtyard of the Coronado home.

    Stop Calling It Murder | Roy Black | September 10, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Frank told The Daily Beast that Shacknai was not in Coronado at the time of her death but would not say where he was.

    Mogul Mansion Mystery Deepens | Christine Pelisek | July 27, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Coronado, although he had spent great part of his life in courting women, was a bachelor.

    Overland | John William De Forest
  • Coronado glanced at Garcia with a shocking comprehension, and immediately dropped his dusky eyes upon the floor.

    Overland | John William De Forest
  • Coronado was dressed, on this spring morning, precisely as American dandies then dressed for summer promenades on Broadway.

    Overland | John William De Forest
  • As Coronado lounged into the main doorway he was run against by a short, pursy old gentleman who was rushing out.

    Overland | John William De Forest
  • Coronado, dumb with astonishment and dismay, mechanically slapped his boot with his cane and stared at Garcia.

    Overland | John William De Forest