Calles
[kah-yes]
- Plu·tar·co E·lí·as [ploo-tahr-kaw e-lee-ahs] /pluˈtɑr kɔ ɛˈli ɑs/, 1877–1945, Mexican general and statesman: president of Mexico 1924–28.
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Historical Examples of calles
Why, he's even changed his name, and calles himself Don Juan Robinson!
A Waif of the PlainsBret Harte
The Plazas and Calles of the mainland of Spain have been parted with.
Romantic SpainJohn Augustus O'Shea
Calles did not die on the gallows without an attempt at getting let off.
The Pirates' Who's WhoPhilip Gosse
They do binde their haire up to the crowne of their heade, in calles of golde verie curious, and with pinnes of the same.
The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume I (of 2)Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza
Velazquez painted the familiar figure of the water-seller, who is to be seen to-day in the calles of Seville, crying agua fresca.
The Story of SevilleWalter M. Gallichan