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Cíbola

American  
[see-buh-luh] / ˈsi bə lə /

noun

  1. the Seven Cities of, legendary cities of great wealth believed by earlier Spanish explorers to exist in the SW United States.


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Returning to the settlement, he reported that Cíbola was larger and finer than Mexico.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton

Crossing the mountains and descending the Pecos, he marched out into the limitless buffalo-covered plains, the "Llanos del Cíbola," inhabited by roving Apaches.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton

Going ahead, Stephen soon sent back reports of Seven Cities, called Cíbola, farther on.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton

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