secos
Americannoun
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El desierto de Atacama, una meseta en lo alto de los Andes chilenos, es uno de los lugares más secos y oscuros del mundo.
From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023
“My lords,” said the pleasant-looking priest, “this is the secos of the mother of Apis and we are going to show her to you.”
From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Couperus, Louis
In the "gran secos" of La Plata, the indigenous animals, such as the American deer, die by thousands, and suffer apparently as much as the cattle.
From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir
The niche must, in fact, have been the secos, or sanctuary properly speaking.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir
The singing priests drew themselves up before a secos, a square plot of grass surrounded by columns.
From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Couperus, Louis
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