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De Soto

American  
[duh soh-toh, de saw-taw] / də ˈsoʊ toʊ, dɛ ˈsɔ tɔ /

noun

  1. Hernando or Fernando c1500–42, Spanish soldier and explorer in America.

  2. a city in NE Texas.


De Soto British  
/ de ˈsoto, də ˈsəʊtəʊ /

noun

  1. Also: Fernando De SotoHernando (ɛrˈnando). ?1500–42, Spanish explorer, who discovered the Mississippi River (1541)

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DWP said the affected area in the San Fernando Valley extends between Rinaldi Street in the south, Balboa Boulevard to the east and De Soto Avenue in the west.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2025

Abingdon-based Nexeon will supply the material to Panasonic Energy Co’s $4 billion De Soto, Kansas plant, which is slated to open in early 2025.

From Reuters Jul. 24, 2023

Rock is being brought to the scene from nearby quarries to build a platform to move the derailed cars, Chris Mussatti, the De Soto fire chief, said.

From New York Times Apr. 27, 2023

Among the defendants named in the lawsuit are relatives of the three passengers who died: Rochelle Cook, 58, and Kim Holsapple, 56, both of De Soto, Kansas; and Binh Pham, 82, of Kansas City, Missouri.

From Seattle Times Sep. 22, 2022

About fifty settlements existed in this strip of the Mississippi when De Soto showed up, according to Anne Ramenofsky, an archaeologist at the University of New Mexico.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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