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Casas

American  
[kah-sahs] / ˈkɑ sɑs /

noun

  1. Bartolomé de las Las Casas, Bartolomé de.


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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

Shaine Casas clocked an American record of 1min 49.43sec to pip French superstar Leon Marchand for victory in the men's 200m individual medley.

From Barron's • Oct. 11, 2025

She had a listing for sale on Las Casas Avenue in the Palisades, but she can’t take offers on it because she’s not even sure it’s still standing and hasn’t been able to check.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025

Biophysicists Nico Schramma, Gloria Casas Canales and Maziyar Jalaal devised a clever way to study what exactly happens to the chloroplast of P. lunula when it is exposed to light.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024

Like Las Casas, Bancroft believed that Indians had existed in societies without change—except that Bancroft regarded this timelessness as an indication of sloth, not innocence.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann