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Casas

American  
[kah-sahs] / ˈkɑ sɑs /

noun

  1. Bartolomé de las Las Casas, Bartolomé de.


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France's Marie Wattel won the women's 50m fly in 26.01 and France's Yohann Ndoye Brouard won the men's 50m backstroke in 24.94 -- just six-hundredths of a second in front of American Shaine Casas.

From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026

There he met his second wife, Maria del Rosario Casas Dupuy, a cultural attaché at the Colombian embassy and a CIA asset who would later be charged as his accomplice.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

Later Spanish theologians, such as Francisco de Vitoria and Bartolomé de las Casas, used innate reason to defend the inviolable humanity of Native Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Casas said he interviewed other citizens present during raids and a pattern emerged.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

Located outside the colonial city of San Cristobal de Las Casas, it has a sixteenth-century church with a brilliant blue interior that is a popular tourist destination.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann