Las Casas

[lahs kah-sahs]

noun

1. Bartolomé de 1474–1566, Spanish Dominican missionary and historian in the Americas.

Example Sentences

Desafortunadamente, las casas de Altadena y Malibú fueron destruidas en los incendios de Eaton y Palisades.

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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.

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Las Casas’ arguments about Native Americans softened the hearts of very few Christian conquistadors.

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A backhoe scrapes up six inches of dirt at a site on Las Casas Avenue in Pacific Palisades on June 25, 2025.

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We lived on Las Casas for 30 years.

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