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Calles

[ kah-yes ]

/ ˈkɑ yɛs /

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noun

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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Examples from the Web for calles

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 Seville|Walter M. Gallichan
Why, he's even changed his name, and calles himself Don Juan Robinson!
A Waif of the Plains|Bret Harte
Calles did not die on the gallows without an attempt at getting let off.
The Pirates' Who's Who|Philip Gosse
The Plazas and Calles of the mainland of Spain have been parted with.
Romantic Spain|John Augustus O'Shea

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