Coronado, Francisco

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A Spanish explorer of the sixteenth century. Coronado traveled through much of what is now the southwestern United States searching for the legendary “seven gold cities of Cibola,” but found no treasure. One of his men was the first European to discover the Grand Canyon.

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How to use Coronado, Francisco in a sentence

San Francisco was the first city to pass one in 2006; since then, 14 other cities and three states have followed suit.
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And now Portland, Los Angeles, and San Francisco are all suing Uber for refusing to play by their old regulatory playbooks.
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Lynchburg is a six-month-old German sausage and ale house in the heart of Panama's San Francisco neighborhood.
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In my case this meant a journey to Sunnyvale, California, down near the southern end of San Francisco Bay.
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In fact, income disparity has increased in San Francisco more than any other city in the country.
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For this purpose, the order is sending Father Francisco Gutierrez as their procurator-general.
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For at least ten years previous to 1901, San Francisco had enjoyed a period of not only decent but honorable government.
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There I deal direct with the San Francisco buyers—and in this launch; it serves me very well as an office.
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Many of the windows made a brave display that would not have disgraced San Francisco.
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Her mother—Mrs. Leslie—belongs to one of the old San Francisco families, and had always known my mother.
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